scubacam Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Hello, We paid for our 190 visa on 1st January 2018 but didn’t get asked for medicals until April.The current processing time is 6-10 months. From your experience was this time from paying or from medical date? Anxiously waiting news!Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABG Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Hello, We paid for our 190 visa on 1st January 2018 but didn’t get asked for medicals until April.The current processing time is 6-10 months. From your experience was this time from paying or from medical date? Anxiously waiting news!Thank you You’ll get a range of answers. When we applied 2 years back we submitted everything upfront and had our visas within 7 weeks IIRC. There’s a 190 visa thread which may give you more current timeframes or other ‘tracker sites’ where people track their visa progress and you can see how other people are faring. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemesis Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 1 hour ago, scubacam said: Hello, We paid for our 190 visa on 1st January 2018 but didn’t get asked for medicals until April. The current processing time is 6-10 months. From your experience was this time from paying or from medical date? Anxiously waiting news! Thank you Processing time is generally counted from when the application is lodged - ie, when you have paid for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMay24 Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 The processing time is a measurement of the time from the application lodgement to the date the visa was decided. DHA reports backwards, so if they say processing time is currently 6 months, it means they are finalising applications that were lodged 6 months ago. It's not a prediction of how far in the future you can expect your visa to be decided although it's the best guesstimate anyone can make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubacam Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 But some call lodging when you complete paperwork including Requested information such as medicals and police checks and some call it lodging when you pay. I paid 6 moths ago but only did medicals 2 months ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 My understanding was an application was lodged when the fee was paid. Not before or upon undertaking a medical or police check. I'd say you lodged 6 months ago, when you paid the fee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieMay24 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Yes, lodging is when you pay the fee. From that moment, your application has been submitted and at any time after that a case officer could begin reviewing it (although of course there's usually a considerable delay due to heavy volumes of applications). If you upload all your documents including police check and also complete the medical, then your application is complete and it's more likely your application will be processed quickly. If they have to contact you for information or to complete your medicals, of course it will slow down the processing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubacam Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 Grant through this morning!!!? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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