fari447 10 Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) Or may be we can create a fund pool for offering such services, which can help new immigrants later in OZ :laugh: Ya that seems to be a good idea as we have all the occupation applicants in our forum and prospective immigrants can take our advice and our fees should be one dinner at any high end resuturant nearby..:cool: Edited March 11, 2013 by fari447 WA SS & EOI applied 01/12/12, WA SS approved 08/01/2013, Sent WASS agreement 09/01/2013, Invitation to apply 15/01/2013, Applied visa 17/01/2013 and all requirement met, CO assigned 05/02/2013 Meds & PCC requested by CO directly: meds done 19/02/13. PCC submitted 20/02/2013. Daughther's passport received and submitted on 25/03/2013: visa granted 27/03/2013:notworthy: Landed 16th May 2013 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fari447 10 Posted March 11, 2013 Bhai loogo, Help required..... I have applied for my new born daughters passport in Pakistan Embassy in Abu Dhabi on 17th February and I paid for urgent processing (usually it takes 7 days for urgent) till today passport is not ready and the Embassy officials are saying that passport books are short in Pakistan and there is a backlog of around 900,000/- applicants all around the world. so getting the passport in 4 months will be a luxury and ppl who applied normal it may take more time. :ssign2: Now my case is like this that once I submitt the passport of my daughter Insha Allah I will receive grant... Do somebody have what we call "Pawwa" or influence or wasta to process the passport as I come to know that only ppl with "Pawwa" are getting their passports done??? Anybody have any solutions to that... unfotunately things are getting worse in every department in Pakistan.. So Sad..... WA SS & EOI applied 01/12/12, WA SS approved 08/01/2013, Sent WASS agreement 09/01/2013, Invitation to apply 15/01/2013, Applied visa 17/01/2013 and all requirement met, CO assigned 05/02/2013 Meds & PCC requested by CO directly: meds done 19/02/13. PCC submitted 20/02/2013. Daughther's passport received and submitted on 25/03/2013: visa granted 27/03/2013:notworthy: Landed 16th May 2013 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shawais 10 Posted March 11, 2013 Bhai loogo, Help required..... I have applied for my new born daughters passport in Pakistan Embassy in Abu Dhabi on 17th February and I paid for urgent processing (usually it takes 7 days for urgent) till today passport is not ready and the Embassy officials are saying that passport books are short in Pakistan and there is a backlog of around 900,000/- applicants all around the world. so getting the passport in 4 months will be a luxury and ppl who applied normal it may take more time. :ssign2: Now my case is like this that once I submitt the passport of my daughter Insha Allah I will receive grant... Do somebody have what we call "Pawwa" or influence or wasta to process the passport as I come to know that only ppl with "Pawwa" are getting their passports done??? Anybody have any solutions to that... unfotunately things are getting worse in every department in Pakistan.. So Sad..... Bro, yes situation is very worse , one of my acquaintance applied for urgent passport on 28th Jan but still waiting and have no timelines. These are last days of this govt so may be they are collecting more money before leaving, who knows :laugh: There must be some pawwa but must be on very high-level, not sure. ACS: 7-Sep-2010 (Software Engineer) |175 Applied: 26-Jan-2011 | CO Allocation: 15-Sep-2011 | Submitted Form 80: 12-Oct-2011 | Med/PCC call: 2-Jul-2013| PCC submitted: 12-Jul-2013 | Med done : 15- Jul-2013 | Med Finalized: 03- Sept- 2013 | Grant: 24-Sept -2013 | Landed: 18-Oct-2013 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imi 10 Posted March 11, 2013 Bhai loogo, Help required..... I have applied for my new born daughters passport in Pakistan Embassy in Abu Dhabi on 17th February and I paid for urgent processing (usually it takes 7 days for urgent) till today passport is not ready and the Embassy officials are saying that passport books are short in Pakistan and there is a backlog of around 900,000/- applicants all around the world. so getting the passport in 4 months will be a luxury and ppl who applied normal it may take more time. :ssign2: Now my case is like this that once I submitt the passport of my daughter Insha Allah I will receive grant... Do somebody have what we call "Pawwa" or influence or wasta to process the passport as I come to know that only ppl with "Pawwa" are getting their passports done??? Anybody have any solutions to that... unfotunately things are getting worse in every department in Pakistan.. So Sad..... Oh sad to hear that. 175 and 176 backlog, security checks backlog, medical backlog and now passport backlog. Backlog seems to be buzz word in the market these days. :smile: What next ? Software Engineer (261313) | 176 NSW SS APR2012 | CO MAY2012 | Form80 sent JUN2012 | MED Finalized AUG2013 | PCC Call OCT2013 | Visa Grant OCT2013 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
qsar1 10 Posted March 11, 2013 :ssign12: Got Meds and PCC call on 8th of March, i.e. last friday. Front loaded Meds on 8th of Feb which have been referred. :wink: Developer Programmer, 175 applied 19 April 2011, CO for 175 assigned 24 Oct 2013, Front loaded Meds on 8th Feb 2013, Got Meds and PCC call on 8th March 2013 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SMShoaib 10 Posted March 11, 2013 :ssign12: Got Meds and PCC call on 8th of March, i.e. last friday. Front loaded Meds on 8th of Feb which have been referred. :wink: Congratulation brother, Insha Allah your med will be finalized soon along with the grant 175 App: 14-2-12; Mech Engg, Pakistan; CO: 6-8-12; Med/PCC: 9-1-14; Grant: 5-2-14 https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Asgogun4vvmDdGtQTHNRbVQ2eHdHUFpienYyTUpTcHc&hl=en_US&pli=1#gid=0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nosferatu 13 Posted March 11, 2013 :ssign12: Got Meds and PCC call on 8th of March, i.e. last friday. Front loaded Meds on 8th of Feb which have been referred. :wink: Excellent news, congrats bro. so remaining Sep/Oct CO applicants are now getting calls Excel Sheet containing timelines of Pakistani applicants Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nosferatu 13 Posted March 11, 2013 Bhai loogo, Help required..... I have applied for my new born daughters passport in Pakistan Embassy in Abu Dhabi on 17th February and I paid for urgent processing (usually it takes 7 days for urgent) till today passport is not ready and the Embassy officials are saying that passport books are short in Pakistan and there is a backlog of around 900,000/- applicants all around the world. so getting the passport in 4 months will be a luxury and ppl who applied normal it may take more time. :ssign2: Now my case is like this that once I submitt the passport of my daughter Insha Allah I will receive grant... Do somebody have what we call "Pawwa" or influence or wasta to process the passport as I come to know that only ppl with "Pawwa" are getting their passports done??? Anybody have any solutions to that... unfotunately things are getting worse in every department in Pakistan.. So Sad..... I am really sad to know that brother. Our overseas compatriots, esp those who are plodding in dreary environment of ME, deserve special attention and care and instead they are being treated little better than asylum-seekers. Such poignant incidents are only going to worsen the professional brain drain from our country. Excel Sheet containing timelines of Pakistani applicants Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nosferatu 13 Posted March 11, 2013 Congratulation brother, Insha Allah your med will be finalized soon along with the grant Bro I trust that the med backlog will be trimmed in the coming weeks as it was spawned by X-mas/New Year holidays. Excel Sheet containing timelines of Pakistani applicants Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thinktank 10 Posted March 11, 2013 Bhai loogo, Help required..... I have applied for my new born daughters passport in Pakistan Embassy in Abu Dhabi on 17th February and I paid for urgent processing (usually it takes 7 days for urgent) till today passport is not ready and the Embassy officials are saying that passport books are short in Pakistan and there is a backlog of around 900,000/- applicants all around the world. so getting the passport in 4 months will be a luxury and ppl who applied normal it may take more time. :ssign2: Now my case is like this that once I submitt the passport of my daughter Insha Allah I will receive grant... Do somebody have what we call "Pawwa" or influence or wasta to process the passport as I come to know that only ppl with "Pawwa" are getting their passports done??? Anybody have any solutions to that... unfotunately things are getting worse in every department in Pakistan.. So Sad..... Yes, this is the situation, my passport has also expired and the height of the matter is that they are charging for urgent passport and saying they don't know when it will be delivered or it will take easily 60 days or even more. It is pathetic indeed. My wife's PP is expiring in October and I am going to apply now for the renewal. Good that after this renewal we will not have to worry about the renewals for good 10 years or even forever. 175 Applied: 8th June 2012 | CO Allocated: 28th August 2012 | Additional Information Asked by Team 13: 6th August 2013 | Meds Finalised: 15th October 2013 | PCC Call: 21st November 2013 | PCC Submitted: 2nd December 2013 | Grant: 3rd December 2013 | Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shawais 10 Posted March 11, 2013 :ssign12: Got Meds and PCC call on 8th of March, i.e. last friday. Front loaded Meds on 8th of Feb which have been referred. :wink: Congrats bro, great news :hug: , wish you all the best. ACS: 7-Sep-2010 (Software Engineer) |175 Applied: 26-Jan-2011 | CO Allocation: 15-Sep-2011 | Submitted Form 80: 12-Oct-2011 | Med/PCC call: 2-Jul-2013| PCC submitted: 12-Jul-2013 | Med done : 15- Jul-2013 | Med Finalized: 03- Sept- 2013 | Grant: 24-Sept -2013 | Landed: 18-Oct-2013 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soulhuntsman 14 Posted March 11, 2013 (edited) :ssign12: Got Meds and PCC call on 8th of March, i.e. last friday. Front loaded Meds on 8th of Feb which have been referred. :wink: Congratulations Qsar1, wish you all the best and God Willingly a smooth successful process!!! Edited March 11, 2013 by soulhuntsman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nosferatu 13 Posted March 11, 2013 As a number of members of forum family have expressed their stark disapproval of the protracted processing delays, they can always explore this option which is one of the fastest ways to obtain Oz PR. Let me reproduce the visa requirements here: To qualify for the recently introduced Business Innovation and Investment Visa, prospective applicants must place A$5 million or more (US$5.15 million) into “complying investments” in return for provisional permanent residence. Anyone interested? :jiggy: Am I attempting to tamp down the spirits of my friends here? Not at all. On a more serious note, I want them to become conscious of the fact that they are getting something which is worth at least A$5 million. Thus, they should simply relax and count their blessings instead of bemoaning the slow processing pace. This too shall pass. Excel Sheet containing timelines of Pakistani applicants Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
twistedspiky 10 Posted March 12, 2013 Dear All just an update from my side....just send the police clearance to my lawyer and my meds are already showing finalised......so finger cross for the golden email.......its been 22 months so far let c hw long this takes!!!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ash1981 10 Posted March 12, 2013 Dear All just an update from my side....just send the police clearance to my lawyer and my meds are already showing finalised......so finger cross for the golden email.......its been 22 months so far let c hw long this takes!!!!! Wish you the best and a smooth fast process Engineers Australia +ve Assessment 18-06-2011 | IELTS 21-04-2012 | 175 Application Lodged 31-05-2012 | CO Assigned 11-07-2012 | MEDs & PCCs 25-08-2012 | MEDs & PCCs Submitted 04-09-2012 | Security check is ongoing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CalPerth 10 Posted March 12, 2013 Dear Ash, You should inform your CO that your wife is pregnant and also tell CO about expected delivery date. Just send the CO the email about this as you need to fill the form 1022 once the baby has been born (no 1022 as the baby is not born yet so no changes yet). Try to prepare the birth certificate and passport as soon as possible after the birth of the child and forward it to CO along with form 1022 so that the CO will include the new born in your application. You can wait for informing your CO as if you got the grant before the birth of your baby you can go to OZ and baby can be delivered there and baby will be getting the OZ passport from the day one but if you the expected delivery date is very near and you are not sure about the visa grant than better to inform CO now. Good luck for your baby My input is to contact your CO and inform. The gap in the above recommendation is that your wife should not and cannot get an X-ray while she is pregnant. You should check with your doctor, as X-ray is required for medicals... Cheers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ash1981 10 Posted March 12, 2013 My input is to contact your CO and inform. The gap in the above recommendation is that your wife should not and cannot get an X-ray while she is pregnant. You should check with your doctor, as X-ray is required for medicals... Cheers Thanks Cal! We have already done the MEDs (Sep-2012). Now it is either we get the grant soon and then my wife can give birth in Australia, or, if no grant until the birth time, we have to undergo MEDs again as it will be expired until then (around Sep-2013) - I guess.. Engineers Australia +ve Assessment 18-06-2011 | IELTS 21-04-2012 | 175 Application Lodged 31-05-2012 | CO Assigned 11-07-2012 | MEDs & PCCs 25-08-2012 | MEDs & PCCs Submitted 04-09-2012 | Security check is ongoing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ash1981 10 Posted March 12, 2013 Internal/External Checks, Explained... http://community.embraceaustralia.com/forum/topics/visa-file-in-checking-with Engineers Australia +ve Assessment 18-06-2011 | IELTS 21-04-2012 | 175 Application Lodged 31-05-2012 | CO Assigned 11-07-2012 | MEDs & PCCs 25-08-2012 | MEDs & PCCs Submitted 04-09-2012 | Security check is ongoing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annoisa 10 Posted March 12, 2013 I applied for subclass 475 in August 2009 have shifted from cat 5 to cat 3 and got CO in February 2013. The firm i hired has changed my lawyer three times and now my deadline by CO to submit documents is 14th March 2013. Today i received email from The FIRM that my lawyer has changed again. i need to know can i contact my CO directly just to give my PCC before the deadline? Remaining documents i have sent to mylawyer before and she has acknowledged all of them. Need an urgent reply please.:cry: Annoisa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ash1981 10 Posted March 12, 2013 I applied for subclass 475 in August 2009 have shifted from cat 5 to cat 3 and got CO in February 2013. The firm i hired has changed my lawyer three times and now my deadline by CO to submit documents is 14th March 2013. Today i received email from The FIRM that my lawyer has changed again. i need to know can i contact my CO directly just to give my PCC before the deadline? Remaining documents i have sent to mylawyer before and she has acknowledged all of them. Need an urgent reply please.:cry: Annoisa Have you considered terminating your contract with them? They seem very non professional to me! Check this link, it has all the information you need in such cases: http://www.immi.gov.au/visas/migration-agents/migration-agents-in-australia.htm Engineers Australia +ve Assessment 18-06-2011 | IELTS 21-04-2012 | 175 Application Lodged 31-05-2012 | CO Assigned 11-07-2012 | MEDs & PCCs 25-08-2012 | MEDs & PCCs Submitted 04-09-2012 | Security check is ongoing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ompragash 10 Posted March 12, 2013 (edited) All guys, Just to inform you that my 176 PR visa application got refused. I know its very silly reason. But it happened. I created a new thread "176 visa refused- what next???" http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/179737-176-visa-refused-what-next.html Please check it out for details. Catch you later. cheers. Edited March 12, 2013 by ompragash Application 175 lodged: 07/07/2008, Seek SMP with WA : 11/07/2012, Change to 176: 20/07/2012, CO assigned : 30/07/2012, Form 80 : 30/07/2012, Medical : 03/08/2012, Medical finalised : 06/08/2012, PCC : 16/08/2012, Visa refused :12/03/3013, Appeal with MRT : 22/03/2013, MRT remit case : 31/03/2014, PCC and Medical call : 16/04/2014, VISA GRANT : 24/04/2014:hug: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Annoisa 10 Posted March 12, 2013 Have you considered terminating your contract with them? They seem very non professional to me! Check this link, it has all the information you need in such cases: http://www.immi.gov.au/visas/migration-agents/migration-agents-in-australia.htm Dear Ash, No they are changing lawyers but work well on things many friend of mine went through them just that i want to know will it affect bad on my application if i send him documents directly? Secondly ehealth restriction for my KIDS is another problem. How i can get it removed? Annoisa Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nosferatu 13 Posted March 12, 2013 All guys, Just to inform you that my 176 PR visa application got refused. I know its very silly reason. But it happened. I created a new thread "176 visa refused- what next???" http://www.pomsinoz.com/forum/migration-issues/179737-176-visa-refused-what-next.html Please check it out for details. Catch you later. cheers. Dear ompragash, I am so sorry to hear that. Can you please provide the answers to questions raised by blossom79 on aforementioned thread so we can determine the next step. Also, did they verify, or attempted to verify, your employment in past? Excel Sheet containing timelines of Pakistani applicants Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imi 10 Posted March 12, 2013 Dear All just an update from my side....just send the police clearance to my lawyer and my meds are already showing finalised......so finger cross for the golden email.......its been 22 months so far let c hw long this takes!!!!! 22months since visa application or 22 monhts since CO allocation? What is your CO allocation date. Software Engineer (261313) | 176 NSW SS APR2012 | CO MAY2012 | Form80 sent JUN2012 | MED Finalized AUG2013 | PCC Call OCT2013 | Visa Grant OCT2013 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shawais 10 Posted March 12, 2013 As a number of members of forum family have expressed their stark disapproval of the protracted processing delays, they can always explore this option which is one of the fastest ways to obtain Oz PR. Let me reproduce the visa requirements here: To qualify for the recently introduced Business Innovation and Investment Visa, prospective applicants must place A$5 million or more (US$5.15 million) into “complying investments” in return for provisional permanent residence. Anyone interested? :jiggy: Am I attempting to tamp down the spirits of my friends here? Not at all. On a more serious note, I want them to become conscious of the fact that they are getting something which is worth at least A$5 million. Thus, they should simply relax and count their blessings instead of bemoaning the slow processing pace. This too shall pass. Ok agree, can we sale our PR after getting it? :jiggy: ACS: 7-Sep-2010 (Software Engineer) |175 Applied: 26-Jan-2011 | CO Allocation: 15-Sep-2011 | Submitted Form 80: 12-Oct-2011 | Med/PCC call: 2-Jul-2013| PCC submitted: 12-Jul-2013 | Med done : 15- Jul-2013 | Med Finalized: 03- Sept- 2013 | Grant: 24-Sept -2013 | Landed: 18-Oct-2013 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites