lhumphreys Posted November 13, 2017 Share Posted November 13, 2017 2 minutes ago, laevans said: Hey, you get a certificate sent back to you once all done and then that's your evidence, scan it all in under same section as form 80, character reference section I think it's called. Goodluck! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbandvb Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 Hi guys as you know we had our 189 visa's granted in September 2017 and we are booked up to fly out end of January! I just wanted to know if anyone has shipped or is shipping out a dog? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laevans Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 On 13/12/2017 at 21:12, Mbandvb said: Hi guys as you know we had our 189 visa's granted in September 2017 and we are booked up to fly out end of January! I just wanted to know if anyone has shipped or is shipping out a dog? Thanks in advance Congrats guys!! How long did yours take once everything was submitted? Processing time on our application says 6-10 months ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbandvb Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 51 minutes ago, laevans said: Congrats guys!! How long did yours take once everything was submitted? Processing time on our application says 6-10 months ? It was 6 months for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m90 Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 (edited) On 12/28/2017 at 06:41, laevans said: Congrats guys!! How long did yours take once everything was submitted? Processing time on our application says 6-10 months [emoji85] That's a generic time based on the latest 75-90 percentile timeframes. It depends on your circumstances partly, how quickly they can check what you've claimed, loading everything upfront, how quick you respond to case officer etc. The very quickest people getting granted are at a bit over 2 months since lodge date at the moment. Edited December 30, 2017 by MaggieMay24 Removing reference to external site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KPG Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 Hi guys as you know we had our 189 visa's granted in September 2017 and we are booked up to fly out end of January! [emoji3] I just wanted to know if anyone has shipped or is shipping out a dog? Thanks in advanceAll the best and wish you guys all the success. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbandvb Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 8 hours ago, KPG said: All the best and wish you guys all the success. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbooth Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 13/12/2017 at 21:12, Mbandvb said: Hi guys as you know we had our 189 visa's granted in September 2017 and we are booked up to fly out end of January! I just wanted to know if anyone has shipped or is shipping out a dog? Thanks in advance Hey Not had our grant yet but planning to ship our 7yr old border collie over when we do. Had a couple of quotes and think we're going with Airpets. ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laevans Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Woooooooo we just got our visa grants!!!!!! I can’t believe it!!!!!!!! It’s actually happening!!!!!! X 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERSTARDJ01 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Congratulations how long did it take to get the grant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laevans Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 32 minutes ago, SUPERSTARDJ01 said: Congratulations how long did it take to get the grant? Thankyou!! We submitted last bits on info on 7th November 2017, and grant arrived this morning! Two months exactly! Xx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERSTARDJ01 Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Thankyou!! We submitted last bits on info on 7th November 2017, and grant arrived this morning! Two months exactly! Xx Wow, that was quick, they seem to be on the ball, how many points did you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirstyj Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 3 hours ago, laevans said: Woooooooo we just got our visa grants!!!!!! I can’t believe it!!!!!!!! It’s actually happening!!!!!! X How good does that feel ? xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sutu Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 5 hours ago, laevans said: Woooooooo we just got our visa grants!!!!!! I can’t believe it!!!!!!!! It’s actually happening!!!!!! X Hi, two months since the last submission or lodgement? Which was the CO team handling your case. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laevans Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Kirstyj said: How good does that feel ? xx Just amazing!!! So so surreal it’s not sinking in!!! ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laevans Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 2 hours ago, Sutu said: Hi, two months since the last submission or lodgement? Which was the CO team handling your case. Thanks Two months since last submission. We lodged 28th September! It was Adelaide office x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laevans Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 6 hours ago, SUPERSTARDJ01 said: 7 hours ago, laevans said: Thankyou!! We submitted last bits on info on 7th November 2017, and grant arrived this morning! Two months exactly! Xx Wow, that was quick, they seem to be on the ball, how many points did you have? We had 75 points on the 189 visa for a management accountant! Yes was all super quiet for a while then looks like they’ve cleared through a lot now offices back open! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAW Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Whoohooo....case officer assigned from the Adelaide office. Requested form 80, police checks and medicals! Glad to be moving on to the next stage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfishybob Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Hi all, First post, but long time reader of the forum... Submitted my visa application (IT Developer) on the second of August, with my wife (nurse) and 2 boys (5&7) coming under my visa application. We didn't use an agent. CO assigned after a couple of weeks, request for form 80 and medical/police checks on the second of September, which we sorted in a couple of weeks. I've been checking for progress in a fairly obsessive way, daily initially, but I've managed to get a grip and have this cut down to checking once every 1-2 weeks. I don't think there was initially an estimated processing time, but I think last month it started showing as 3-5 months, which has this month doubled to 6-10 months. Planning on heading out mid may to scope out the area, never been to Australia before, but all looks great and in need of a change after 16 years in the same job and living in the same city. Leaning towards Brisbane, Sunshine Coast or Gold Coast, depending on availability of suitable work. I was hoping to validate our visa as part of this trip, which gave us about 9.5 months to get the visa sorted. If it takes longer then it sounds like we would have to all fly out again before September (12 months from police check) to validate our visas. If my understanding is correct (?), it seems like you could end up getting a fairly small window of opportunity to validate your visa if your visa processing time is long. Probably unduly concerned, anyone else in a similar boat? Despite being in a fairly advance position on the visa front, we don't appear to be particularly close to moving out. My wife is definitely viewing the trip out as prerequisite to any ultimate decision to move out, whereas I'm more inclined to just go for it as we won't really know what it's like until we've lived there for a while, all being well she would then start her AHPRA application after the trip and we can then start looking for jobs. It seems like she will find it easier to find a job initially, so hopefully we can find her a job first and I will try and get whatever work I can (may have to retrain in another IT field, depending on availability of jobs). In my ignorance, I initially thought there might be some sort of assistance/incentivisation/headhunting for these in-demand occupations by states/employers, so you might get to a point (prior to going) where you have a reasonable idea of where you could live, what job you'd be doing and what you'd be earning (as per Wanted Down Under). In retrospect, it seems like you really have to commit completely in terms of paying for emigration, quitting jobs, selling up, moving out and finding a job when you are out there. I'm fully prepared to do this, but it's been quite an eye-opener and I can understand people having reservations and anxiety about the whole process. Massive respect to all who have been through this, whether it's worked out or not. Anyway good luck all, I'll let you know if and when I get my visa. Thanks all for your posts, v. informative. BFB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirstyj Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 Hi, we have been out here 2 years now, it was my 1st time but not my hubbys, we live in Perth, such a beautiful city, we still have our home in the uk we rent it out, we will probably use this towards our pension. The 1st six months were really hard with training and everything ( electrician) but we both now have great jobs and couldn’t be any happier, good luck x 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mbandvb Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 So finally after around 4 months after our visa grant our moving date is in sight! We fly out on Sunday and I cant wait. For all those still waiting believe me when I say it will be worth it, we thought this day would never come! Good luck to you all! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laevans Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 41 minutes ago, Mbandvb said: So finally after around 4 months after our visa grant our moving date is in sight! We fly out on Sunday and I cant wait. For all those still waiting believe me when I say it will be worth it, we thought this day would never come! Good luck to you all! Amazing good luck to you!! Have most amazing trip!! Our planning now begins! We move in September and have no idea what we do next lol! Where abouts ru heading?? Anyone heading to Perth? X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeacherClem Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Hi, we have been out here 2 years now, it was my 1st time but not my hubbys, we live in Perth, such a beautiful city, we still have our home in the uk we rent it out, we will probably use this towards our pension. The 1st six months were really hard with training and everything ( electrician) but we both now have great jobs and couldn’t be any happier, good luck xGreat to hear your story! I hope ours is as successful. We had our visas granted just before Christmas and hoping to head out in July. We’re jumping straight in, renting out our uk house and taking a sabbatical for a year to suss everything out, if we find jobs I’m hoping it will become a permanent move then we’ll just need to sort out shipping our stuff (keeping hold of our uk house for the time being at least). Good luck everyone! It felt like such a long process when we were in it but still hasn’t sunk in we’ve actually got them now. It took just short of 5 months for us from the day we submitted the visa Application Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbooth Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 22 hours ago, laevans said: Amazing good luck to you!! Have most amazing trip!! Our planning now begins! We move in September and have no idea what we do next lol! Where abouts ru heading?? Anyone heading to Perth? X Congratulations!! So whats next on the planning list?? We're still waiting for CO contact but hoping to head to Perth in November so would be great to hear how it goes for you xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirstyj Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Perth is amazing xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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