Katiebobbles Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 Oooh Heather ... very exciting who are you shipping with??? March will come around super quick. We have the usual suspects coming to quote at the end of Jan .... gonna pop the house on the market in early Jan and plan to move in July .... We have decided to give the full 12 months to hope the visa is in then can start work straight away. Otherwise I'm on a 600 onshore waiting .... although do-able not ideal so we will see. Also gives me 6 months to clear out our cupboards and clothes etc that I'm not looking forward to!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Kennedy Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Katiebobbles said: Oooh Heather ... very exciting who are you shipping with??? March will come around super quick. We have the usual suspects coming to quote at the end of Jan .... gonna pop the house on the market in early Jan and plan to move in July .... We have decided to give the full 12 months to hope the visa is in then can start work straight away. Otherwise I'm on a 600 onshore waiting .... although do-able not ideal so we will see. Also gives me 6 months to clear out our cupboards and clothes etc that I'm not looking forward to!!!! Hi Katie, Britannia Reeves. House sold last summer but been renting it back for 6 months. Some clearing out has happened but more needs to go! Flip from being totally overwhelmed to excited and quite rational about it all! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATE Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 13 hours ago, CEP said: Happy new year all! So by my reckoning we've got the following outstanding: CEP - Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 5/11/18 @GemTrae Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Katiebobbles Lodged w/c 11/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Heather Kennedy Lodged w/c 07/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @ZoeHoulding Lodged w/c 30/07/18 - Request for Info w/c 26/11/18 @ATE Lodged w/c 07/0518 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @SydneyBound Lodged w/c 04/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Ausgirl42 Lodged w/c 20/08/18 - Request for Info w/c 03/10/18 @Kylied Lodged w/c 23/04/2018 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Thisforumisalifesaver lodged w/c 11/07/18 - Request for Info 19/11/18 @TanC7 Lodged w/c 09/04/18 - Request for Info w/c 22/10/18  Is there anyone I've missed?? I've got a lovely little excel Chart as a visual if anyone is interested?... I sooooo need to be back in work!! Thank you so much for this! Brilliant idea. Just landed in Melbourne! Good luck to all in 2019! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoeHoulding Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 14 hours ago, CEP said: Happy new year all! So by my reckoning we've got the following outstanding: CEP - Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 5/11/18 @GemTrae Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Katiebobbles Lodged w/c 11/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Heather Kennedy Lodged w/c 07/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @ZoeHoulding Lodged w/c 30/07/18 - Request for Info w/c 26/11/18 @ATE Lodged w/c 07/0518 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @SydneyBound Lodged w/c 04/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Ausgirl42 Lodged w/c 20/08/18 - Request for Info w/c 03/10/18 @Kylied Lodged w/c 23/04/2018 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Thisforumisalifesaver lodged w/c 11/07/18 - Request for Info 19/11/18 @TanC7 Lodged w/c 09/04/18 - Request for Info w/c 22/10/18  Is there anyone I've missed?? I've got a lovely little excel Chart as a visual if anyone is interested?... I sooooo need to be back in work!! This is awesome!!! Our things were collected 11th December, we fly 22nd January!! Fingers crossed we get our visas before then, if not then it's holiday visas which we have & pop across to New Zealand We have 18 days left in this house - rented- then 3 nights in a Premier Inn. It's getting real now, ive just listed my car for sale today, totally gutted me as I bloody love it We're also Brisbane bound, well just outside - looking at Upper Coomera, Pimpama, Ormeau. We looked around schools on our last holiday but due to a delay in moving my oldest daughter will now be starting High School!! Ive got an English estate agent over there looking for rental houses for us, so fingers crossed we can get somewhere pretty quick as we need an address for schools & to buy a car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausgirl42 Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 14 hours ago, CEP said: Happy new year all! So by my reckoning we've got the following outstanding: CEP - Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 5/11/18 @GemTrae Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Katiebobbles Lodged w/c 11/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Heather Kennedy Lodged w/c 07/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @ZoeHoulding Lodged w/c 30/07/18 - Request for Info w/c 26/11/18 @ATE Lodged w/c 07/0518 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @SydneyBound Lodged w/c 04/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Ausgirl42 Lodged w/c 20/08/18 - Request for Info w/c 03/10/18 @Kylied Lodged w/c 23/04/2018 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Thisforumisalifesaver lodged w/c 11/07/18 - Request for Info 19/11/18 @TanC7 Lodged w/c 09/04/18 - Request for Info w/c 22/10/18  Is there anyone I've missed?? I've got a lovely little excel Chart as a visual if anyone is interested?... I sooooo need to be back in work!! Hi @CEP, great work! Just one thing, our request for more info was w/c 03/12/18... not 03/10.  Hope we see a whole rush of approvals through this week guys! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEP Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 @Ausgirl42 no worries I’ll get it updated when I’m on the laptop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEP Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I couldnt figure out how to edit the previous post so here's an updated list: So by my reckoning we've got the following outstanding: CEP - Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 5/11/18 @GemTrae Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Katiebobbles Lodged w/c 11/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Heather Kennedy Lodged w/c 07/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @ZoeHoulding Lodged w/c 30/07/18 - Request for Info w/c 26/11/18 @ATE Lodged w/c 07/0518 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @SydneyBound Lodged w/c 04/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Ausgirl42 Lodged w/c 20/08/18 - Request for Info w/c 03/12/18 @Kylied Lodged w/c 23/04/2018 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Thisforumisalifesaver lodged w/c 11/07/18 - Request for Info 19/11/18 @TanC7 Lodged w/c 09/04/18 - Request for Info w/c 22/10/18  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben34uk Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I’m hoping to hear something on my appeal soon as was sent off in June 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingers Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 (edited) On 01/01/2019 at 06:32, CEP said: Happy new year all! So by my reckoning we've got the following outstanding: CEP - Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 5/11/18 [mention=270908]GemTrae[/mention] Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 [mention=265638]Katiebobbles[/mention] Lodged w/c 11/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 [mention=270089]Heather Kennedy[/mention] Lodged w/c 07/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 [mention=269916]ZoeHoulding[/mention] Lodged w/c 30/07/18 - Request for Info w/c 26/11/18 [mention=270199]ATE[/mention] Lodged w/c 07/0518 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 [mention=272076]SydneyBound[/mention] Lodged w/c 04/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 [mention=271179]Ausgirl42[/mention] Lodged w/c 20/08/18 - Request for Info w/c 03/10/18 [mention=272604]Kylied[/mention] Lodged w/c 23/04/2018 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 [mention=273123]Thisforumisalifesaver[/mention] lodged w/c 11/07/18 - Request for Info 19/11/18 [mention=273246]TanC7[/mention] Lodged w/c 09/04/18 - Request for Info w/c 22/10/18  Is there anyone I've missed?? I've got a lovely little excel Chart as a visual if anyone is interested?... I sooooo need to be back in work!! I lodged 20th August 18, further information requested 01 Dec 18. ! I know they must have hundreds of applications to work through but it's so frustrating waiting for the OK. Just got to keep busy getting the house ready for the market. Edited January 2, 2019 by Ingers 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEMS1984 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Hi All, Just wanted to say a big thank you to you all for your help and guidance. We arrived into Melbourne yesterday and the flight and tourist visa went without a glitch. Waiting for the Partner visa to come through over here in the sunshine is already making life easier! Massive luck to you all and a very happy new year!  Gems x 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausgirl42 Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Ingers said: I lodged 20th August 18, further information requested 01 Dec 18. ! I know they must have hundreds of applications to work through but it's so frustrating waiting for the OK. Just got to keep busy getting the house ready for the market. We lodged on 22nd August, and got asked for further info on 3rd December so we are on exact same timescales at the moment! When did you get your extra info in and what did they ask you for, if you dont mind me asking? Our request for more info was a bit baffling - they wanted to know what countries my partner (the applicant) had lived in for more than 12 months in the past 10 years - hes scottish and has lived in the same house near Manchester for 13 years, so no more info to offer there (plus they already had all that from his address history and travel history for the past 10 years from the application). Then they also asked for more proof of our relationship, so we gave them everything we could possibly think of, including phone bills, several years of car insurance certs with the other as named driver, more joint travel bookings from holidays etc and a statement from my partner.... hopefully they have enough now as I'm not sure what else we can give them! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingers Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 We lodged on 22nd August, and got asked for further info on 3rd December so we are on exact same timescales at the moment! When did you get your extra info in and what did they ask you for, if you dont mind me asking? Our request for more info was a bit baffling - they wanted to know what countries my partner (the applicant) had lived in for more than 12 months in the past 10 years - hes scottish and has lived in the same house near Manchester for 13 years, so no more info to offer there (plus they already had all that from his address history and travel history for the past 10 years from the application). Then they also asked for more proof of our relationship, so we gave them everything we could possibly think of, including phone bills, several years of car insurance certs with the other as named driver, more joint travel bookings from holidays etc and a statement from my partner.... hopefully they have enough now as I'm not sure what else we can give them!Pretty much the same as you!I'd already loaded some financial documents but they requested more from 2015 onwards. My husband is the Aussie and he was asked for an Australian Police cert as well as a UK one. He also had to give his travel details for the last 10 years which was mainly back and forth to Australia.We've been together 13 years, married 10 with no kids. I'm hopeful that we are a pretty straight forward case but who knows! [emoji12] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katiebobbles Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 My hubby thinks if they can buy time by asking a question they do ... that way they can stop the clock on our applications until we reply. Apparently it's something people in IT departments do when they have loads of tickets I personally think they are now under so much scruinity that they wont assume anything they just ask the question to ensure every i is dotted and t is crossed so there is no comeback on them .... which you can understand. I just hope Santa was good to them at Xmas and they are all back raring to go!!!! [mention=272686]Gems1984[/mention] enjoy the sun it's murkey and cold here ... I am super jel   3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thisforumisalifesaver Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 16 hours ago, CEP said: I couldnt figure out how to edit the previous post so here's an updated list: So by my reckoning we've got the following outstanding: CEP - Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 5/11/18 @GemTrae Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Katiebobbles Lodged w/c 11/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Heather Kennedy Lodged w/c 07/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @ZoeHoulding Lodged w/c 30/07/18 - Request for Info w/c 26/11/18 @ATE Lodged w/c 07/0518 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @SydneyBound Lodged w/c 04/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Ausgirl42 Lodged w/c 20/08/18 - Request for Info w/c 03/12/18 @Kylied Lodged w/c 23/04/2018 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Thisforumisalifesaver lodged w/c 11/07/18 - Request for Info 19/11/18 @TanC7 Lodged w/c 09/04/18 - Request for Info w/c 22/10/18  Happy 2019 to everyone and thanks @CEP for putting this together - amazing! I just got back to chilly London after a month holidaying in Australia, definitely have a holiday blues and eagerly awaiting the golden email ! @CEP: just a minor correction for my lodgement date, it's 17-Jun (not 11-Jul)  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Happy New Year all! I have just booked my flights for validation trip after failing to convince my boss it was worth a work trip to Sydney. So I am £1300 out of pocket today, but good to have it booked in, and as I can work from the Sydney office i don't lose a weeks holiday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 And people who laugh at other people for doing spreadsheets are just jealous they don't have our amazing skills! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thisforumisalifesaver Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 6 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said: Happy New Year all! I have just booked my flights for validation trip after failing to convince my boss it was worth a work trip to Sydney. So I am £1300 out of pocket today, but good to have it booked in, and as I can work from the Sydney office i don't lose a weeks holiday. @Jon the Hat which airline are you booked with and when are you flying? I just saw a deal today UK to various Australian cities on Jack's Flights between £500-£600 rtn with Cathay Pacific / China Southern (Feb-Nov excl July/Aug).. also, does anyone know once the 309/100 is granted what is the deadline that one has before last entry to activate/validate visa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon the Hat Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 1 minute ago, Thisforumisalifesaver said: @Jon the Hat which airline are you booked with and when are you flying? I just saw a deal today UK to various Australian cities on Jack's Flights between £500-£600 rtn with Cathay Pacific / China Southern (Feb-Nov excl July/Aug).. also, does anyone know once the 309/100 is granted what is the deadline that one has before last entry to activate/validate visa? I am flying LGW to SYD Cathay Pacific for £640 - I could have gone cheaper but I have to go in a specific week due to other work commitments.  You get 12 months from the earliest date on your medical and police certificates. I am flying 11 months and 2 days into that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katiebobbles Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Hey guys get it fix in. Wanted down under re-started on BBC 1 today 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEP Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Here's the updates: CEP - Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 5/11/18 @GemTrae Lodged w/c 28/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Katiebobbles Lodged w/c 11/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Heather Kennedy Lodged w/c 07/05/18 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @ZoeHoulding Lodged w/c 30/07/18 - Request for Info w/c 26/11/18 @ATE Lodged w/c 07/0518 - Request for Info w/c 05/11/18 @SydneyBound Lodged w/c 04/06/18 - Request for Info w/c 12/11/18 @Ausgirl42 Lodged w/c 20/08/18 - Request for Info w/c 03/12/18 @Kylied Lodged w/c 23/04/2018 - Request for Info w/c 29/10/18 @Thisforumisalifesaver lodged w/c 17/06/18 - Request for Info 19/11/18 @TanC7 Lodged w/c 09/04/18 - Request for Info w/c 22/10/18 @Ingers Lodged w/c 20/08/18 - Request for Info w/c 26/11/18  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CEP Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 And this is for my fellow Spreadsheet fans.....  for the most part its those of us who had to provide further info who are thestragglers Oh and @Katiebobbles the IT tickets... yes it has been known (not that I condone it of course!).....   3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingers Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Thanks for the visual. This does give me hope that it will be sooner rather than later! Having everything crossed is becoming a bit uncomfortable. [emoji23][emoji23] 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katiebobbles Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Omg@CEP that made my morning I love it .... see these haters just don't know the power or joy Excel can bring ..... wait til they discover a pivot table it will BLOW THEIR MINDS!!!!!!All crossed there are some more green grant boxes soon. I was thinking about it tho I doubt we hear this week. A lot of the COs seem to be Spanish (huge generalisation on the names of COs on RFIs and that Madrid closed so prob were re-assigned) but if that is the case Spain celebrates Xmas on the 6th Jan .... so they may not be back to work til next week???? I dunno just trying to make up a reason we haven't heard of any grants since before Xmas!!!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Aussiebird Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 On 10/07/2018 at 11:50, Nadine1 said: Hi - can anyone give any advice on the timelines expected for a temporary (or permanent) spousal visa to be granted.  I’m from the UK and married to an Australian for 6 years, we have owned a house together for 8 years and we have a daughter aged 6 who is also dual citizen in UK and Australia with Ozzie passport etc.  We applied for my visa on 13 May and had acknowledgement the same day, my medicals were requested immediately and loaded 2 week later.  We’ve not heard anything since and not been assigned a case officer.  Is there anyone else who’s in a similar situation and has any advice on this.  Be interested to know other peoples experience and timelines so that it gives me something to work towards as at the moment we have no idea if it’ll be months or years! We’ve sold our house ready for the move and are renting until we hear. Hi Nadine1, did you manage to get it by Christmas in the end? Good luck with everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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