Skillselect ENS 186 Timeline

[AJSAJS]

38 minutes ago, lloydy87 said:

Hello,

I'm a marketing specialist who applied in March 2017 through a migration agent with the TRT 186 on shore.

its been about eleven months now and my agent said he'd follow up with immigration.

This is fine as there is no rush but I'm going abroad in May and will need to apply for a bridging visa to leave and come back as my 457 visa has now expired.

I've got a feeling the agent is going to try and charge me around $500 including the immigration fee for him to lodge this bridging visa and frankly I don't want to spend any more money.

How straight forward is this to do myself? I have the login details for my account on the immigration website and it looks fine but I don't want to be pissing about with it and cause any problems.

Any advice?

Cheers

That's crazy! My MA did mine for free! I just had to pay the fee to Immigration $145! I don't know how straight forward it is but give it a shot and save yourself $500! There is nothing you don't know about yourself or situation that a Migration agent will. I think $500 is really unfair!

[zanfo]

I got my BVB in less than 24hrs and I paid somethin like $100.

I have been away for 3 weeks now, coming back to OZ in March. 

ENS direct, 14montsh waiting. No news of any kind :-(

[lloydy87]

I'm not sure what the situation is on the cost exactly but a colleague of mine told me that the same company charged her for her bridging visa when she needed it for 457. They shouldn't charge  as it seems pretty straight forward but I got a feeling they will try even though they get a lot of business form our company . Hopefully the visa will be granted by then but I have a feeling it won't.

From the phone called I had with the migration agent your visa will not be granted or declined when you are outside the country on a bridging . I'm not an expert though but this is gist I got from the conversation I had with him.

Definitely seems a problem with certain job types. ( Chefs, cooks , marketing specialists etc)

They seem not be granting these types of visas. Think they are having a major clamp down as I think there has been a lot of abuse with these types in the past.\

Probably the reason they are adding caveats?

 

Cheers
Matt

[Rob81]

cheers Matt you are right they are targeting specific job types.

let s enjoy the feeling of being in the lucky 10%

[Parkesy]

35 minutes ago, lloydy87 said:

Definitely seems a problem with certain job types. ( Chefs, cooks , marketing specialists etc)

They seem not be granting these types of visas. Think they are having a major clamp down as I think there has been a lot of abuse with these types in the past.\

Probably the reason they are adding caveats?

 

Cheers
Matt

I can see why for cooks and chefs as that has definitely been abused when I worked in the industry many years ago.. but Im not sure on the marketing specialist one (I'm a marketing specialist ha)?..where did you get that from? or was it just a feeling you get based on the caveats?

[Parkesy]

And even if they have 'clamped down on them', they can't just leave them at the back forever. If they were that concerned they would just remove them for the lists surely? They have had plenty of chances too. 

Edited February 20, 2018 by Parkesy

[Ozdream1]

1 minute ago, Parkesy said:

And even if they have 'clamped down on them', they can't just leave them at the back forever. If they were that concerned they would just remove them for the lists surely? They have had plenty of chances too. 

I think there's a high number of applications for Marketing specialist. That's why, some people are waiting since June 2016...????

[Parkesy]

1 minute ago, Ozdream1 said:

I think there's a high number of applications for Marketing specialist. That's why, some people are waiting since June 2016...????

More likely than clamping down I agree mate. Clamping down on a rogue employers is one thing but not on occupations generally.

 

Wish I knew how they allocated jobs to their CO's haha. So annoying!

[lloydy87]

I don't know for certain, I'm just guessing like everyone else.

A lot of these types of jobs could be filled by Australian's though I'm guessing and this is the Liberals big thing right now? (Letting Australian's know that they are protecting Australian jobs)

Has anyone at all had a positive outcome from calling immigration?

Cheers

 

[Parkesy]

4 minutes ago, lloydy87 said:

A lot of these types of jobs could be filled by Australian's though I'm guessing and this is the Liberals big thing right now? (Letting Australian's know that they are protecting Australian jobs)

 

Yeah I get that but you would think that strong public policy in this area as opposed to manipulation of processing times would be a better, more visible look to there supporters!

[Riya cool]

Anyone knows how much time MRT will take for ENS 186 cook.......any advice 

because our restaurant was closed. Nd dept wants comments on our situation. We sent them email Nd told them whole truth. But yet we not received any results.but our MA said if they are taking so much time may be result will not in our favour..

Edited February 20, 2018 by Riya cool

[Siddu]

2 hours ago, Riya cool said:

Anyone knows how much time MRT will take for ENS 186 cook.......any advice 

because our restaurant was closed. Nd dept wants comments on our situation. We sent them email Nd told them whole truth. But yet we not received any results.but our MA said if they are taking so much time may be result will not in our favour..

When did you apply for ens ?

[Amy86]

3 hours ago, Riya cool said:

Anyone knows how much time MRT will take for ENS 186 cook.......any advice 

because our restaurant was closed. Nd dept wants comments on our situation. We sent them email Nd told them whole truth. But yet we not received any results.but our MA said if they are taking so much time may be result will not in our favour..

So...

you applied for 186 Visa and the reastaurant that sponsored you closed?

When did you apply?

186 TRT or Direct Entry?

[Parkesy]

Does anybody know of any marketing specialists that have been approved this year out of interest?

[Manish9001]

Guys do you think we will get any response from immigration as i applied in November 2016 Ens direct entry as a cook[emoji67]‍[emoji505] [emoji67]‍[emoji505]. It’s already been more than 15 months.
I think it’s more than enough.
What u guys recon?
??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️

[Amy86]

12 minutes ago, Manish9001 said:

Guys do you think we will get any response from immigration as i applied in November 2016 Ens direct entry as a cook‍‍. It’s already been more than 15 months.
I think it’s more than enough.
What u guys recon?
??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️

I hope that your Visa will be approved soon. The processing time is from 10 to 15 months.

finger cross for everyone ?

[Riya cool]

2 hours ago, Amy86 said:

So...

you applied for 186 Visa and the reastaurant that sponsored you closed?

When did you apply?

186 TRT or Direct Entry?

December 2016 nomination was approved Nd after that file was in processing.but restaurant owner sold his business.we  received email from immigration first week of January. They want that we comment on our situation. We submitted in last week of jan. now we are waiting for result.as our MA said if they are taking so much time may be result not in favour otherwise god knows why they are taking so much time. We already wait so long.now we are stuck.

[Riya cool]

1 hour ago, Manish9001 said:

Guys do you think we will get any response from immigration as i applied in November 2016 Ens direct entry as a cook‍‍. It’s already been more than 15 months.
I think it’s more than enough.
What u guys recon?
??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️??‍♂️

Immigration will start count your time when ur file get any case officer.they will demand doc Nd other things

[Rob81]

10 hours ago, Parkesy said:

Does anybody know of any marketing specialists that have been approved this year out of interest?

I haven't heard any marketing specialist approvals  over the last 6/8 months.

I know friends who had applied in Dec 2016 and got the visa in Jun 2017 as marketing specialist

other friends who applied in May and June 2017 as MS are all waiting

I think a realistic timeline for MS is no less than 12 months.

But I m just guessing

 

Edited February 20, 2018 by Rob81

[Parkesy]

24 minutes ago, Rob81 said:

I haven't heard any marketing specialist approvals  over the last 6/8 months.

I know friends who had applied in Dec 2016 and got the visa in Jun 2017 as marketing specialist

other friends who applied in May and June 2017 as MS are all waiting

I think a realistic timeline for MS is no less than 12 months.

But I m just guessing

 

There were two mentioned in this forum, friends of another poster, who were fron March 2017 and got approved maybe in Jan. Apart from that agreed - nothing.

To be honest not many occupations in general are getting approved unless its ICT!

[Sk8009]

2 minutes ago, Parkesy said:

There were two mentioned in this forum, friends of another poster, who were fron March 2017 and got approved maybe in Jan. Apart from that agreed - nothing.

To be honest not many occupations in general are getting approved unless its ICT!

Hi, 

i am also applying on a ms 186 visa. Application lodged March last year and still no decision.

have been asked three times now for additional documents regarding nomination, which is so annoying because of the 28 day que.

does anyone know once nomination has been approved how long it takes for the visa component to be approved ?

i have read quite far back but couldn’t find much information about that.

this whole process is so frustrating, I’m literally at my wits end.

[bobobz]

Hi, 
i am also applying on a ms 186 visa. Application lodged March last year and still no decision.
have been asked three times now for additional documents regarding nomination, which is so annoying because of the 28 day que.
does anyone know once nomination has been approved how long it takes for the visa component to be approved ?
i have read quite far back but couldn’t find much information about that.
this whole process is so frustrating, I’m literally at my wits end.

May i know what the documents they requested? are they requesting more recent documents about financial stuffs / training benchmark thing in the months where you have been waiting since you lodged the application? or they will only loook at the period before you lodged the applicaiton?

thanks heaps

[Sk8009]

Just now, bobobz said:

May i know what the documents they requested? are they requesting more recent documents about financial stuffs / training benchmark thing in the months where you have been waiting since you lodged the application? or they will only loook at the period before you lodged the applicaiton?

thanks heaps

It’s just information about the company, financial stuff like p&l from this year.

have you had a similar experience?

[Parkesy]

9 minutes ago, Sk8009 said:

Hi, 

i am also applying on a ms 186 visa. Application lodged March last year and still no decision.

have been asked three times now for additional documents regarding nomination, which is so annoying because of the 28 day que.

does anyone know once nomination has been approved how long it takes for the visa component to be approved ?

i have read quite far back but couldn’t find much information about that.

this whole process is so frustrating, I’m literally at my wits end.

Ive seen 3 days and Ive seen over 6 months

Edited February 20, 2018 by Parkesy

[Sk8009]

1 minute ago, Parkesy said:

Ive seen 3 days and Ive seen over 6 months

So annoying.

i have submitted another police check, however my medical will have run out now too.

have you heard of new medicals bing requested ?