Kathss56 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, MajHam said: Can’t believe I’m writing this either! But I have also received 2nd VAC request this morning. Paying by BPay shortly so fingers crossed for a quick visa grant and I’ll be searching for flights to Perth! Woohoo! Congrats. Your dates are very very close to mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurvinder Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 4 minutes ago, MajHam said: Can’t believe I’m writing this either! But I have also received 2nd VAC request this morning. Paying by BPay shortly so fingers crossed for a quick visa grant and I’ll be searching for flights to Perth! Woohoo! Congratulations to you.. where are you from (country).. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BargeUK Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Lady Jane said: I can hardly believe I’m writing this. 2nd VAC request receive today and paid via bpay. Thank you to this group for keeping me sane (ish) during this awful year, Especially @Kathss56 ( your turn very soon) Don’t know if others are aware that when you pay via Bpay you don’t need to increase personal daily limit to pay. The receiving business sets the limit, I didn’t know this until I contacted Westpac to increase my daily limit Great news! Whereabouts are you heading? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jane Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 39 minutes ago, MajHam said: Can’t believe I’m writing this either! But I have also received 2nd VAC request this morning. Paying by BPay shortly so fingers crossed for a quick visa grant and I’ll be searching for flights to Perth! Woohoo! Seems like things are finally moving with processing congratulations, we are Perth bound also 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jane Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 32 minutes ago, BargeUK said: Great news! Whereabouts are you heading? Perth, just a house to sell and a business to wind up first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron88 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 48 minutes ago, MajHam said: Can’t believe I’m writing this either! But I have also received 2nd VAC request this morning. Paying by BPay shortly so fingers crossed for a quick visa grant and I’ll be searching for flights to Perth! Woohoo! Congratulations! You made it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajHam Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 43 minutes ago, Gurvinder said: Congratulations to you.. where are you from (country).. Scotland, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajHam Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 48 minutes ago, Kathss56 said: Congrats. Your dates are very very close to mine Well I said yesterday that tomorrow it could be any of us and two of us were indeed lucky today. So fingers crossed for more good news tomorrow! It could be you 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajHam Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 5 minutes ago, Aaron88 said: Congratulations! You made it. Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajHam Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Lady Jane said: Seems like things are finally moving with processing congratulations, we are Perth bound also Thank you. We are good to go as soon as we can get a flight.....it’s just finding one! Edited November 11, 2020 by MajHam Addition 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathss56 Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 6 minutes ago, MajHam said: Thank you. We are good to go as soon as we can get a flight.....it’s just finding one! Yep hope you don’t have to pay business class on top of quarantine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BargeUK Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 42 minutes ago, Lady Jane said: Perth, just a house to sell and a business to wind up first. How exciting! Good luck with those things. I think the housing market is pretty buoyant at the moment. Perth seems to be the chosen place for all today's lucky people - let's hope the rest of the states will be as welcoming! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajHam Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, Kathss56 said: Yep hope you don’t have to pay business class on top of quarantine 100% it’ll need to be business class as we want to go as soon as possible. We were there for quite some time on 600 visa and then had to leave our rental, dog, new granddaughter and the rest of our family as time ran out on our 600 visa.... and then there has been the COVID delays. Been away almost a year and just need to get back as soon as! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jane Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 1 hour ago, BargeUK said: How exciting! Good luck with those things. I think the housing market is pretty buoyant at the moment. Perth seems to be the chosen place for all today's lucky people - let's hope the rest of the states will be as welcoming! Thank you, hope you hear something very soon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikas d sudame Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 congratulations 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 8 hours ago, BargeUK said: Brilliant! Do you mind if I ask - have you already sold your house ready to go or were you waiting for this moment? We can't decide whether to put ours on the market yet....... Been renting for a year or two so just need to pack up things here. Will hopefully try to go out begining of February. One last Xmas in the UK!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 7 hours ago, Lady Jane said: I can hardly believe I’m writing this. 2nd VAC request receive today and paid via bpay. Thank you to this group for keeping me sane (ish) during this awful year, Especially @Kathss56 ( your turn very soon) Don’t know if others are aware that when you pay via Bpay you don’t need to increase personal daily limit to pay. The receiving business sets the limit, I didn’t know this until I contacted Westpac to increase my daily limit Congratulations! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilMurtagh Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Thanks so much for sharing your stories and status guys. It gives hope to all of us here. Massive congratulations to @Yorkie @Lady Jane and @MajHam and anyone else I've missed. Please keep us posted on the visa grant for those who haven't had theirs yet and have paid the 2nd VAC. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyN Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) Hi everyone, I haven't been active in the forum but have been watching everyone's progress closely. I am a dependant applicant in my parents' 143 application (my sister is the sponsor). Our visa acknowledgement date is 4 March 2016. Our AOS was approved in March 2020 and we submitted further documents for my dependancy in early June 2020, and have been waiting for 2nd VAC request ever since. My parents are currently offshore while I am in Brisbane, studying my Master. My 23rd birthday is fast approaching, so it has been quite stressful waiting for THAT email. Hopefully we will hear something soon. Thank you everyone for keeping us posted. Edited November 12, 2020 by KathyN Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Jane Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 hours ago, KathyN said: Hi everyone, I haven't been active in the forum but have been watching everyone's progress closely. I am a dependant applicant in my parents' 143 application (my sister is the sponsor). Our visa acknowledgement date is 4 March 2016. Our AOS was approved in March 2020 and we submitted further documents for my dependancy in early June 2020, and have been waiting for 2nd VAC request ever since. My parents are currently offshore while I am in Brisbane, studying my Master. My 23rd birthday is fast approaching, so it has been quite stressful waiting for THAT email. Hopefully we will hear something soon. Thank you everyone for keeping us posted. Really hope you get that email soon, it’s such a great feeling after waiting for sooo long. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bic Nguyen Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 2 hours ago, KathyN said: Hi everyone, I haven't been active in the forum but have been watching everyone's progress closely. I am a dependant applicant in my parents' 143 application (my sister is the sponsor). Our visa acknowledgement date is 4 March 2016. Our AOS was approved in March 2020 and we submitted further documents for my dependancy in early June 2020, and have been waiting for 2nd VAC request ever since. My parents are currently offshore while I am in Brisbane, studying my Master. My 23rd birthday is fast approaching, so it has been quite stressful waiting for THAT email. Hopefully we will hear something soon. Thank you everyone for keeping us posted. Due to the visa applied before November 2016 I don't think there is any age restriction for dependent, you should be ok as long as you are a full-time student at the time of decision. My situation is tougher, my brother is finishing university this December and he doesn't want to study any more... all stuffed up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyN Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Bic Nguyen said: Due to the visa applied before November 2016 I don't think there is any age restriction for dependent, you should be ok as long as you are a full-time student at the time of decision. My situation is tougher, my brother is finishing university this December and he doesn't want to study any more... all stuffed up! Thank you, that is very assuring! Maybe he can do a short term graduate diploma? Edited November 12, 2020 by KathyN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MajHam Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Woohoo......visas granted! I can’t update the tracker. Perhaps someone could do that for me? The very best of luck to everyone waiting. I really really hope things are starting to move. The stress is unbearable at times and as the department tell you nothing this forum has been the only way to find out what’s going on. Thanks to everyone on here. 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyN Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 20 hours ago, Kathss56 said: Yep hope you don’t have to pay business class on top of quarantine Have you heard anything today? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBee Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Today we received a request for payment of 2nd VAC - a roller coaster of emotions - lots of happy tears - it’s been a long four and a half years - when we applied it said 12-18 months - we are just thrilled 1 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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