tkitch Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 I had my travel exemption granted (Wednesday this week) to leave early September, however my visa still showing as received. Submitted April27th so past with the 3 months processing time for a 491 State regional. Has anyone else been or in this situation? And if so how long did it take for visa to be granted once exemption was approved. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conyo2588 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 2 hours ago, tkitch said: I had my travel exemption granted (Wednesday this week) to leave early September, however my visa still showing as received. Submitted April27th so past with the 3 months processing time for a 491 State regional. Has anyone else been or in this situation? And if so how long did it take for visa to be granted once exemption was approved. Thanks Unless things have changed recently, I was under the impression that they weren’t allowing 491’s into the country. Has this now changed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkitch Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 If you’ve got a critical skill/job then yes. I’m an RN and have a job lined up which was supposed to start June 1st. My employer wrote me a reference for the need of me to come to Australia which secured it I think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conyo2588 Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 8 minutes ago, tkitch said: If you’ve got a critical skill/job then yes. I’m an RN and have a job lined up which was supposed to start June 1st. My employer wrote me a reference for the need of me to come to Australia which secured it I think! Ah ok, that makes sense. Well good luck with it all! Hopefully you’ll get the answers you need soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkitch Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 cheers all the best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulhand Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 Give them a short while and then a nudge ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNinja Posted August 14, 2020 Share Posted August 14, 2020 7 hours ago, tkitch said: If you’ve got a critical skill/job then yes. I’m an RN and have a job lined up which was supposed to start June 1st. My employer wrote me a reference for the need of me to come to Australia which secured it I think! Well done on securing a position! I'm surprised but pleased for you that you were offered a job without a visa. How did you go about doing that, if you don't mind me asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkitch Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 So got invite to apply from WA state late December last year. As part of the 491 criteria you need to secure a full time job offer to proceed any further. We went over to Australia for 2 weeks in Feb this year and lined up an interview. I also sorted my AHPRA and presented in person. They offered me a job to commence work 1st June. We got back from Aus 2 weeks before lockdown in UK however managed to get the invite in time etc and lodged in April. Been a crazy few months but worth it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 19 hours ago, tkitch said: I had my travel exemption granted (Wednesday this week) to leave early September, however my visa still showing as received. Submitted April27th so past with the 3 months processing time for a 491 State regional. Has anyone else been or in this situation? And if so how long did it take for visa to be granted once exemption was approved. Thanks There are other people on this website who had exemptions granted and their visas were still pending. Think in less than a week the visa was granted. When did you put your exemption request in? Best of luck with everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkitch Posted August 15, 2020 Author Share Posted August 15, 2020 Exemption request went in on 4th Aug. Got the approval on 12th Aug! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DukeNinja Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 6 hours ago, tkitch said: So got invite to apply from WA state late December last year. As part of the 491 criteria you need to secure a full time job offer to proceed any further. We went over to Australia for 2 weeks in Feb this year and lined up an interview. I also sorted my AHPRA and presented in person. They offered me a job to commence work 1st June. We got back from Aus 2 weeks before lockdown in UK however managed to get the invite in time etc and lodged in April. Been a crazy few months but worth it! Damn. Talk about timing! Now that the occupation lists are out, I'm hoping that they'll start processing more offshore visas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 2 hours ago, tkitch said: Exemption request went in on 4th Aug. Got the approval on 12th Aug! That’s amazing!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Hillbury Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 What circumstances do you think would be needed to secure a exemption? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 8 hours ago, 31Hillbury said: What circumstances do you think would be needed to secure a exemption? It looks like only critical workers (i.e. mainly health staff needed for covid) are getting exemptions currently. But I thought you had a permanent visa? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Hillbury Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Hi @Marisawright We are still waiting for our 190 to be granted, just come to the end of the published processing time, hopefully we hear something soon. I was just curious what was needed to get an exemption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, 31Hillbury said: Hi @Marisawright We are still waiting for our 190 to be granted, just come to the end of the published processing time, hopefully we hear something soon. I was just curious what was needed to get an exemption. With a 190, you won’t need one 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Hillbury Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 It sounds like people are using exemptions to force/speed up the grant process? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, 31Hillbury said: It sounds like people are using exemptions to force/speed up the grant process? Some people have been waiting in line for ten or eleven months and have job offers and are slowly seeing their chances of keeping their jobs slip away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausvisitor Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 57 minutes ago, 31Hillbury said: It sounds like people are using exemptions to force/speed up the grant process? Maybe so, but again if you have applied for a 190 it would be irrelevant as you don't need an exemption so it would have no bearing on your grant process Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Ausvisitor said: Maybe so, but again if you have applied for a 190 it would be irrelevant as you don't need an exemption so it would have no bearing on your grant Edited August 16, 2020 by Green Misread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Some people don’t have the option of a 190 visa application for multiple reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
31Hillbury Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 @Ausvisitor I know, was just curious on if people were having any success, it’s torture waiting for a grant to come through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausvisitor Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 3 hours ago, Green said: Some people don’t have the option of a 190 visa application for multiple reasons. I read it as Hillbury asking what he would need to do to get an exemption in order to speed up their 190 application. The answer to that is it wouldn't make any difference. On re-reading it appears it was a hypothetical/educational question rather than asked in relation to Hillbury's situation 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 46 minutes ago, Ausvisitor said: I read it as Hillbury asking what he would need to do to get an exemption in order to speed up their 190 application. The answer to that is it wouldn't make any difference. On re-reading it appears it was a hypothetical/educational question rather than asked in relation to Hillbury's situation Apologies, I was confused earlier and responded too quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausvisitor Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 13 hours ago, Green said: Apologies, I was confused earlier and responded too quickly. No need to apologise, if Im confused you it was only because I confused myself when reading the thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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