30Nov2015 Posted June 26, 2016 Share Posted June 26, 2016 Just nothing... its all started after Christmas last year.. remember when u guys were active on the forum most people got visa within 180 days.. more than 200 days was nightmare. Im on more than 290 days... it is extremely hard we passing everyday.. Hang on mate, I guess early July for all of us. fingers crossed. I know how frustrating it is. Mine is 210 days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagan Goraya Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Hi guys. Is there anyone who have applied offshore?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apr 2916 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Hi guys. Is there anyone who have applied offshore?? Yeah mate.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apr 2916 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Can someone plz help me in understanding.. Does regional area of job place makes any impact on priority of file lodgement or visa approval.. Anybody... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty1977 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Yeah mate.. Same boat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagan Goraya Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Did u apply in 2015 or 2016 and if its 2015 why its taking so long?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagan Goraya Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Same boat When did you apply and from where?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty1977 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 When did you apply and from where?? 23,NOV China Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurhamNC Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 http://m.smh.com.au/national/corruption-and-crime-syndicates-threaten-australias-border-security-20160622-gpp72z.html I wonder if these allegations of fraud with regard to migration are slowing immi down? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurhamNC Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-27/immigration-corruption,-rorting-revealed/7537270 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtomatoes Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 290 days:dull:.....May I know your occupation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redtomatoes Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Just nothing... its all started after Christmas last year.. remember when u guys were active on the forum most people got visa within 180 days.. more than 200 days was nightmare. Im on more than 290 days... it is extremely hard we passing everyday.. 290 days.....May I know your occupation? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagan Goraya Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 23,NOVChina Have u got any response back. What is ur occupation?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015DEC187 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 I see on the spreadsheet that the auto response shows 22/06/2016 - December. Did someone get an updated response saying December? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbaksh Brar Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 [h=1]Visa scammer caught on hidden camera as department refers cases to corruption watchdog[/h]7.30 BY FAIRFAX MEDIA'S NICK MCKENZIEUPDATED ABOUT 6 HOURS AGO Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp VIDEO 0:51 Hidden camera captures 'visa fixer' ABC NEWSA prominent member of Melbourne's Indian community said he knew of at least 40 Indians who had paid large cash sums to obtain fake skilled and student visas in an effort to get permanent residency. [h=2]Key points:[/h] Foreigners are arriving in Australia on fake skilled and student visas "Visa fixer" filmed saying he knows employers willing to create fake jobs Fixer says he can arrange false paperwork in exchange for $50,000 Jasvinder Sidhu, a lecturer at RMIT and former multicultural advisor toPremier Daniel Andrews, said some of the fake visa-holders had gone on to be exploited, and in some cases raped, by their bosses. Mr Sidhu said he was approached by a "visa fixer" to take part in the scam. This same fixer was caught on a hidden camera telling an undercover operative he knew employers in Sydney and Melbourne willing to create fake jobs for foreigners. The fixer said he could help organise the false paperwork in exchange for $50,000. Mr Sidhu's claims have been revealed in a joint 7.30–Fairfax Media investigation, which has discovered that in the last 12 months, Immigration Department chief Michael Pezzullo has referred 132 cases of suspected corruption inside the department to the national corruption watchdog, the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI). A departmental spokesman cautioned that many of the 132 corruption allegations had not been verified and some involved allegations about people who falsely claimed to be immigration officials. [h=2]'In any industry we can get sponsorship'[/h][h=3]PHOTO Jasvinder Sidhu says he was approached to take part in a visa scam.[/h]Mr Sidhu said the "visa fixer" approached him on Facebook. "He said, very confidently, 'in any industry we can get sponsorship'. And he even offered me money. For every case I think it was $5,000 he was offering," Mr Sidhu said. In a series of conversations on Facebook, the fixer asked Mr Sidhu to find new Australian visa applicants among his friends and family back in India. The fixer said he would then arrange for a corrupt employer to provide the paperwork for a fake job and visa sponsorship. "They were offering multiple sponsorships in mechanics, commercial cookery, IT as well," Mr Sidhu said. "They did say his boss had a good range of 457 [visas] in IT, in information technology." Do you know more about this story? Email 7.30syd@your.abc.net.auMr Sidhu said he became aware of visa scams shortly after he moved to Australia 10 years ago as a student. "I've been hearing about it for the last eight or nine years, and the last time I heard it was last week, when someone paid $45,000 cash," he said. "These people will create your fake time sheets, fake pay sheets, and fake superannuation. Everything is fake. "You are paying extra to create a job that doesn't exist, and a service that was never delivered, and you are getting a permanent residency, which is not fake. That is the real output." The trade in fake visas has been so successful Mr Sidhu believes there must be corrupt players in the Department of Immigration. "I believe there is corruption from the top to the bottom," he said. "Thousands and thousands of people are being sponsored, and they are all fake. The whole system cannot work that smoothly if there is not corruption." [h=2]'She had been repeatedly raped but she didn't complain'[/h]Mr Sidhu said he was concerned about the human cost of the corrupt visa trade. "I knew he would be exploiting a lot of poor people and people looking to migrate," Mr Sidhu said. "For $50,000, you just need to see how they live. There's 10 people a house, they don't eat, they work 18 hours a day. "So I thought, 'I must expose him; it might bring other changes in the laws and we might improve the system'." Mr Sidhu said he had personally met at least 40 Indians who had paid for fake visas, only to be ripped off by fixers or exploited by unscrupulous bosses who were part of the corrupt schemes. "We have seen girls being raped by their employers, we have seen people with other major injuries at work, and they don't complain," he said. "They just sit at home and don't get paid anything. So we have seen all sort of extremes. "A girl contacted me and she sent me her report. She had been repeatedly raped. But she didn't complain, because permanent residency was a bigger incentive." The departmental spokesman said Border Force had spent 12 months ramping up its attack on visa and migration fraud. "The Department's activities are focussed on defeating visa fraud at the systemic level, including investigating and prosecuting networks involved in criminally exploiting Australia's visa regime," the spokesman said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMay24 Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 http://m.smh.com.au/national/corruption-and-crime-syndicates-threaten-australias-border-security-20160622-gpp72z.html I wonder if these allegations of fraud with regard to migration are slowing immi down? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk If the stories were true, they wouldn't likely impact visa processing - http://newsroom.border.gov.au/releases/correcting-the-record-visa-fraud-allegations Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DurhamNC Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 If the stories were true, they wouldn't likely impact visa processing - http://newsroom.border.gov.au/releases/correcting-the-record-visa-fraud-allegations I can't believe how blatantly misleading the abc and smh articles were. Thank you for posting immi's response. It is very well written. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzcrave Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 In my opinion the whistle-blower did it intentionally if he knew this from years why was he quiet. If he knew a girl was being raped why didn't he reported to police. Hiding a crime after realising it is happening is also considered a crime. It is mainly a public relations stunt to grab attention to obtain benifits from a political point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thakur g Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Yes its polictical benifit for votes.....corrupt leaders everywhere in this world...shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty1977 Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Have u got any response back. What is ur occupation?? just waiting patiently,actuary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gagan Goraya Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 just waiting patiently,actuary. Okay. Plz post it whenever u get back anything... May i know ur occupation plz?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbaksh Brar Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 In my opinion the whistle-blower did it intentionally if he knew this from years why was he quiet. If he knew a girl was being raped why didn't he reported to police. Hiding a crime after realising it is happening is also considered a crime. It is mainly a public relations stunt to grab attention to obtain benifits from a political point. Why agent they are shiwing in video only contact him through facebook even if he didnt knew him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tecnik Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 two more days and we should hopefully start seeing some approvals again. Its been far too quiet lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitty1977 Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Okay. Plz post it whenever u get back anything... May i know ur occupation plz?? Actuary,job with maths,number and such stuff.maybe its too mathematics to be known well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdSinclair Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 Hi guys, My nomination came through today. Nomination application - 22 Dec 15 Nomination approval - 28 June 16 PR application - 11 Jan 16 PR waiting WA PESE Occupation - Web Developer Fingers crossed for PR soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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