Guest Petina Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Hi all,I received 2nd VAC and pre-grant letter couple of days back. I sent an Australian Bank Cheque to DIBP. Auspost delivered it yesterday. Can anyone tell me how many days does it take to grant the visa after DIBP receives the Bank Cheque? Congratulations Blueray! Can you tell me how long your process has taken? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbshepherd Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 My sister has volunteered to take over as mum's main carer so we think we will probably switch to the 143 queue - but its hard to swallow the extra £3000 fee for the new application. We've decided to do nothing until next year when husband hits sixty five. Then we'll probably switch to a 143 application as our queue date is fairly recent. All this uncertainty is a real pain - as someone said, its nice to know we're not alone! I'm not sure that I follow the reasoning here. If the initial £3000 is hard to swallow, what about the additional A$87,200 which you will have to pay (for both parents) as the second installment for the 143 visa? To say nothing of the A$14,000 which you lose the use of for 10 years. The 143 visa is a really expensive alternative to the 103 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Thanks Petina. Since application lodging in end of Jan 2013, it took exactly 17 months to get the 2nd VAC request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pri191087 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Thanks Petina. Since application lodging in end of Jan 2013, it took exactly 17 months to get the 2nd VAC request. Hi Blueray, But your visa was from 173 to 143 correct? Thanks, Priya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deesydney Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Thanks Johnbshepherd Her queue date is Dec 2012. On a recent query to DIBP, their generic response response had the following information "We are currently assessing for finalisation subclass 103 parent visa applications with a queue date from March 2008" and in next paragraph "Once your application is in the queue there may be a substantial amount of time before you are contacted again by the department. This could be in excess of 10 years depending on the availability of visa places. Queue dates cannot be changed or brought forward". It may sound strange but will it actually take 10 years for everyone? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbshepherd Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Hi Deesydney It sounds as if two different people wrote the two paragraphs you quote! The Immigration Dept , under its various names, has a history of exaggerating the waiting time for the non-contributory parent visas - perhaps to encourage people to apply for the contributory versions. I had a queue date of May 2007 for the 804 visa and when I joined the queue I was told that I would have to wait twenty years or more before I heard from them again. In fact I actually got the visa in December last year - less than seven years after the queue date. Other people I know had similar experiences with both the 804 and 103 visas. If they are already processing people with queue dates in March 2008 your mum would have about 4-5 more years to wait. It is really up to you whether you think that the shorter waiting time for the contributory visa is worth around $50,000. Take little notice of the queue date calculator by the way. It still says that there are several hundred people ahead of me in the queue even though I already have the visa Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Hi Blueray, But your visa was from 173 to 143 correct? Thanks, Priya Hi Priya my visa application was 173 not 173 to 143. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry001 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Hi everyone To those of you who have had their eHealth medicals offshore, particularly in the UK, can you tell me how and when the results were communicated to you I know the panel doctor cannot divulge the info , he sends the results to OZ, but nowhere on the DIAC/DIBP sites is there an indication how the applicant is notified Can anyone help please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher1 Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) hi Johnbshepherd If you were following the discussion about switching from the 103 to the 143, you would have seen that some people were talking about whether, having paid the initial fee to join the 103 queue, you then had to pay that initial fee again if you switched. This is the reason for my comment about the extra £3000 payment being hard to swallow - in the sense of it being the last straw? Naturally I find the prospect of paying approx. 100,000 dollars pretty horrific - but that wasn't the subject being discussed - we were talking very specifically about having to pay the initial fee over again. Hope this clarifies things for you. P.S. Yes I had noticed that the 143 was a really expensive alternative to the 103 - but some of us cant risk waiting because of possible health complications? Edited June 26, 2014 by Fisher1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou8670 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Anyone on here waiting to hear about their parent (permanent and temporary) contributory visa? My MIL applied in September last year (2013). I read on here CO weren't being assigned until 22 months after application. She's contacted DIAC and they've confirmed the waiting time is 16 months. I was wondering if there are any others ahead/ behind her in the queue. It would be helpful to try and time when to send off for her PCC and medicals as obviously if she does them when she was originally told to (10 months and 12 months after application) it will shortens the time she will have to validate her visa or make the permanent move to Oz (assuming of course her visa is granted). I'm sure others are in the same boat and would also find this useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bridgeman Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Hi everyoneTo those of you who have had their eHealth medicals offshore, particularly in the UK, can you tell me how and when the results were communicated to you I know the panel doctor cannot divulge the info , he sends the results to OZ, but nowhere on the DIAC/DIBP sites is there an indication how the applicant is notified Can anyone help please ? We weren't told anything about the medicals, the next thing we knew we got the request for the AOS. I presume you would hear something though if they were not successful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lou8670 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 Hi everyoneTo those of you who have had their eHealth medicals offshore, particularly in the UK, can you tell me how and when the results were communicated to you I know the panel doctor cannot divulge the info , he sends the results to OZ, but nowhere on the DIAC/DIBP sites is there an indication how the applicant is notified Can anyone help please ? If it's A grade then it will be as quickly as 7 days but if it's referred it'll be longer. I struck up a good relationship with the clinic and rang them on the 7th day to check. They confirmed we were all A grade. I'm not sure if they should have told us... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Hi everyoneTo those of you who have had their eHealth medicals offshore, particularly in the UK, can you tell me how and when the results were communicated to you I know the panel doctor cannot divulge the info , he sends the results to OZ, but nowhere on the DIAC/DIBP sites is there an indication how the applicant is notified Can anyone help please ? Hi Barry, I have done offshore eHealth medial couple of times for various visas. You are never communicated or notified about the results if it is a paper application like contributory parent visa. You can see the medical status (whether DIAC has received it or not) if you apply online. About the result, you are communicated only if there is any issue. Anyone please correct me if I'm wrong. Edited June 27, 2014 by Blueray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisher1 Posted June 27, 2014 Share Posted June 27, 2014 I'm sure this has been asked before, but is there any way you can get a pre-medical medical to see whether there will be any major issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueray Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) Usually DIAC is concerned primarily about major illnesses like Tuberculosis, HIV, Cancer, High Blood Pressure, Heart disease or any other major illness. If anyone has these illnesses, he/she will know it before going for medical.In eHealth medical, the tests done are ....Blood test, Urine test, Blood pressure , height, eight, eye power and chest Xray. You are supposed to register online on DIAC website with your HAP ID, fill up an eForm online before going for medical and declare if you have any illness or surgery history. So if anyone is clear about everything then there is a least chance of any issue. DIAC is mainly concerned about the expenditure that will incur on the migrant after migration. As for me , I do periodic check up of my health and I know my health condition, hence , I was not all that worried about medical. Fisher1 is correct, one can get a premedical check up done if he/she has any doubt. Once you do medical for DIAC the doctor or nursing home is not supposed to disclose the result to you unless you have some one known there. If anyone wants to know which all tests the panel doctors do then download this PDF file... https://www.dropbox.com/s/5kerpwis2gu2hnb/panel-doctors-instructions.pdf . I hope this will help many. This is the detailed instructions for panel doctors so we know in detail how the medical is done. Edited June 28, 2014 by Blueray Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve2 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Has anybody heard what the price increase is for the 143 from 1st July? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carob Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Anyone on here waiting to hear about their parent (permanent and temporary) contributory visa? My MIL applied in September last year (2013). I read on here CO weren't being assigned until 22 months after application. She's contacted DIAC and they've confirmed the waiting time is 16 months. I was wondering if there are any others ahead/ behind her in the queue. It would be helpful to try and time when to send off for her PCC and medicals as obviously if she does them when she was originally told to (10 months and 12 months after application) it will shortens the time she will have to validate her visa or make the permanent move to Oz (assuming of course her visa is granted). I'm sure others are in the same boat and would also find this useful. Hello Lou 8670 Good to hear about the waiting time of 16 months, however as you rightly said, other people have been told longer waiting times. I think we just have to wait and hope. Here are our Time Lines so far. 143 Visa lodged in June 2013. Acknowledged in August 2013, first VAC had already been taken. PCC done May 2014, and medicals June 2014 (panel doctor not really allowed to say what the results are, but you do get a very good idea as to how it all went. We were told no to to lose any sleep over it!! So we drew our own conclusions from that statement). Hope this helps. By the way, how do you put all that info on the bottom of your messages? Sorry if that sounds a bit thick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat and bill Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Hi Deesydney, With the 301 queue being reduced the length of waiting time could be ten years, who knows. All I can tell you is that ours has been reduced by over 7000 in four years However there are still over eleven thousand ahead of us in the queue. we're still expecting to wait another five years but that could change if the allocation increases which it has done in previous years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry001 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Hi Deesydney, With the 301 queue being reduced the length of waiting time could be ten years, who knows. All I can tell you is that ours has been reduced by over 7000 in four years However there are still over eleven thousand ahead of us in the queue. we're still expecting to wait another five years but that could change if the allocation increases which it has done in previous years. Hi pat & bill Do you not mean visa 103, because, according to the DIAC the 301 visa was withdrawn in 1994 ? Cheers Barry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ljwalvin Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Has anybody heard what the price increase is for the 143 from 1st July? HeySTeve2, I dont think they will...because they already increased it in April..I'm only just guessing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jen1977 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Lou8670 - I am doubting that the waiting time to get a CO is 16 months. My FIL lodged his 143 visa end Jan 2013 and he is yet to hear anything. We changed his migration agent to Go Matilda last month and they contacted immigration to be told it was Oct/nov before he is expected to be assigned at CO. That will make it approx 21-22 months. We are hoping it will be earlier, but not getting our hopes up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry001 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 (edited) Hi thank you Lou8670 , Bridgeman and Blueray for your postings in response to my medical results query cheers Edited June 29, 2014 by Barry001 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve2 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 HeySTeve2, I dont think they will...because they already increased it in April..I'm only just guessing. Thanks - I hope you're right!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deesydney Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) Thanks a ton for your input johnbshepherd Hi Deesydney It sounds as if two different people wrote the two paragraphs you quote! The Immigration Dept , under its various names, has a history of exaggerating the waiting time for the non-contributory parent visas - perhaps to encourage people to apply for the contributory versions. I had a queue date of May 2007 for the 804 visa and when I joined the queue I was told that I would have to wait twenty years or more before I heard from them again. In fact I actually got the visa in December last year - less than seven years after the queue date. Other people I know had similar experiences with both the 804 and 103 visas. If they are already processing people with queue dates in March 2008 your mum would have about 4-5 more years to wait. It is really up to you whether you think that the shorter waiting time for the contributory visa is worth around $50,000. Take little notice of the queue date calculator by the way. It still says that there are several hundred people ahead of me in the queue even though I already have the visa Cheers Edited June 30, 2014 by deesydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deesydney Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 (edited) Thanks a ton for your input Pat & Bill... Edited June 30, 2014 by deesydney Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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