JohnDoug Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Hi all. Hoping some of you would be kind enough to share waiting times between submitting EOI and receiving a invitation to apply. From what I have gathered on numerous forums is that things are definitely slowing down on the 190 NSW front as too many people have not honored their commitment to NSW of at least two years and moved on shortly after arriving in Oz. We have been waiting for 9 weeks and our MARA agent has told us that not a single one of her clients have had and invite from NSW since 1st July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimz Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Hi, we submitted EOI for NSW on the 13th August. We received invitation to apply for nomination on the 23rd August. We were then nominated to apply for visa on the 2nd October. Visa lodged in the 19th October. We were originally going for 189 but changed to the 190 and all started happening very quickly. We are going to do medicals and police check in jan then hopefully will be a grant soon! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimz Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 We have 65 points by the way with state nomination. What occupation are you? From what I have gathered this plays a big party in the state sponsored visas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDoug Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 Hi Aimz, thank you for replying to this thread. We are occupation 232112 - Landscape Architect with 65 points and that is including the 5 points state nomination. We submitted EOI beginning of Oct and have heard nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimz Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 Sorry to hear you have been waiting so long! We were shocked we had an invite within 10 days. Fingers crossed you hear very soon. I think once you get an invite it’s roughly a 6 week processing time (it was for us anyway) until you get nominated to apply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leighbee98 Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) We applied at the end of August with 75 points nothing yet (didn't expect anything this year) critical information... accountant. Have you looked at a 489 visa? I hear there may be more scope for the 489 to be granted over the 190. Edited December 3, 2018 by Leighbee98 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDoug Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 We looked into 489 but no luck as profession not on any of the regional skills lists and or not taking anymore EOI's until further notice. Will be taking the PTE test again to see if we can conjure up the magic numbers to pass at Superior level English to give us another 10 points. Nightmare as wifey is busy with her doctorate and barely enough time for anything. Hope you guys get your invite soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwatson Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 9 hours ago, Aimz said: We have 65 points by the way with state nomination. What occupation are you? From what I have gathered this plays a big party in the state sponsored visas Hi Aimz. I am a registered nurse nec (role on the priority occupations list) with 65 points. I applied to NSW only last week. What occupation are you? Any idea what the EOI processing average is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CivCdn Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 NSW has not done any bulk invite rounds yet for the 2018/2019 migration year. I was thinking maybe they are holding off until they finalize the 5 year regional rule. Hopefully they hold off a couple more months so that my points go up and I can beat out those with non-superior English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDoug Posted December 5, 2018 Author Share Posted December 5, 2018 On 03/12/2018 at 22:56, CivCdn said: NSW has not done any bulk invite rounds yet for the 2018/2019 migration year. I was thinking maybe they are holding off until they finalize the 5 year regional rule. Hopefully they hold off a couple more months so that my points go up and I can beat out those with non-superior English. Was not aware that they do bulk invites at all. Thought they would deal with EOI's as and when they are lodged. But then again I have no clue how the Skillselect software/system works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raul Senise Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 NSW invites depend on many factors and you cannot judge your timeline against someone with different details. My last NSW application (last week) took 3 days to receive an invite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CivCdn Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 8 hours ago, JohnDoug said: Was not aware that they do bulk invites at all. Thought they would deal with EOI's as and when they are lodged. But then again I have no clue how the Skillselect software/system works. It used to be that NSW would send invitations for NSW nominations every second week, on Wednesday’s I believe. This year it seems they are sending these invitation emails once a month, a few days after the 189 invitations to lodge that visa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwatson Posted December 6, 2018 Share Posted December 6, 2018 5 hours ago, Raul Senise said: NSW invites depend on many factors and you cannot judge your timeline against someone with different details. My last NSW application (last week) took 3 days to receive an invite. Can I ask what occupation and points that was for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamed Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Anyone else with a new NSW sponsorship experience? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwatson Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 65 points and still waiting. Any idea how long it takes to get an EOI with 65? Hamed, how about you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CivCdn Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 (edited) It is becoming more competitive so the points requirement is increasing. Edited February 24, 2019 by CivCdn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwatson Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 Hi. Where did you see this information? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDoug Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 (edited) On 24/02/2019 at 07:31, Gwatson said: 65 points and still waiting. Any idea how long it takes to get an EOI with 65? Hamed, how about you? We were waiting for around 4 months with 65 points and nothing. Then took PTE again to gain the extra 10 points and got invited 5 weeks later. It is very competitive at the moment and looking at data published on Skillselect it is evident that 70+ pointers only get invited. State sponsored applications are still getting invited with only 65 points but very few. Edited February 27, 2019 by MaggieMay24 Removing reference to external site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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