taniaholmes Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Good Morning Everyone!!!!! What a fantastic day it is today - not only is it my first day off work for the Xmas Break (not back til the 4th) and I think we will get the missives on our house sale concluded this week, but woke up this morning to a DIRECT VISA GRANT (22/12/11)!!!!!!! :chatterbox::chatterbox::chatterbox: Even though I was hoping it would come through before Xmas, I'm still in shock - good shock might I add!!! Just as a bit of additional info, e-mail came in from a senior CO from Team 2 and my first entry date is 04 November 2012, which was the date my front loaded meds were finalised. Also, on the 'Electronic Application Status Page' my application still says 'processing commenced' and all documents still show as required, however under each person it say 'Applicant approved' and the visa entitlement details are there - so guys, don't panic if you don't see any movement on this page, it means nothing!! I want to thank everyone in this forum (and the last one Tania!) as it's been a real lifeline - I'm heading away to visit family over Xmas so won't be on, but will definitely pop back in when I'm back to see how everyone else is doing!!!! GOOD LUCK ALL THOSE WHO WAITING - IT'S ONLY ROUND THE CORNER!!! :biggrin: Congratulations on your visa :jiggy::jiggy::jiggy: Merry christmas!!! :xmas12: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taniaholmes Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Hooray, hooray hooray - today is our day!! Please turn me PURPLE!!! Can't believe it's here -the best Christmas present ever! On a Christmas cloud of happiness! Congratulations on your visa :jiggy::jiggy::jiggy: Merry Christmas :xmas12: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybun Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Wholly agree with you Patrick but I think it was expected that 175's would slow down in Dec due to the holiday season, from what I gather Jan will probably be the same as the holiday season tends to extend to the end of Jan in Oz.... On the flip side I think they have done well to get to where they are at..... All the best everyone...have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...... PS does anyone know how long the processing centres are closed for? Junior Member Join Date Dec 2011Posts 9 Liked 2 times Rep [h=2]DIAC christmas holidays[/h] Hey guys.. just saw this on a thread somewhere else. Gives an idea of the days when DIAC will be closed for Christmas and New yr **NOTIFICATION OF CHRISTMAS CLOSURE** This year the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Adelaide office) will be closed Monday 26 December 2011, Tuesday 27 December 2011 and Wednesday 28 December 2011. It will re-open on Thursday 29 December 2011 and Friday 30 December 2011. The office will then be closed again on Monday 2 January 2011. Normal services will resume on Tuesday 3 January 2012. If you are travelling to enable an offshore visa decision, you must ensure that you either depart Australia on or before 23 December 2011 (if departing over the Christmas break) or ensure that you do not attempt to return before Friday 30 December 2011. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taniaholmes Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Wholly agree with you Patrick but I think it was expected that 175's would slow down in Dec due to the holiday season, from what I gather Jan will probably be the same as the holiday season tends to extend to the end of Jan in Oz.... On the flip side I think they have done well to get to where they are at..... All the best everyone...have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...... PS does anyone know how long the processing centres are closed for? Morning, just wanted to let you know that we are still on week 51 week 52 starts on 26th Dec. Tania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpremji Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Cheers Honeybun....thats good news they only closing for the public holidays, but I assume it will be skeleton staff on 29th/30th Junior Member Join Date Dec 2011Posts 9 Liked 2 times Rep DIAC christmas holidays Hey guys.. just saw this on a thread somewhere else. Gives an idea of the days when DIAC will be closed for Christmas and New yr **NOTIFICATION OF CHRISTMAS CLOSURE** This year the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (Adelaide office) will be closed Monday 26 December 2011, Tuesday 27 December 2011 and Wednesday 28 December 2011. It will re-open on Thursday 29 December 2011 and Friday 30 December 2011. The office will then be closed again on Monday 2 January 2011. Normal services will resume on Tuesday 3 January 2012. If you are travelling to enable an offshore visa decision, you must ensure that you either depart Australia on or before 23 December 2011 (if departing over the Christmas break) or ensure that you do not attempt to return before Friday 30 December 2011. Cheers Tania, I have updated the first post... Morning, just wanted to let you know that we are still on week 51 week 52 starts on 26th Dec. Tania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest higgers Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Good morning everybody, We've woken up this morning to an early Christmas present from Adelaide as well - VISA GRANTED !! Have a great Christmas everyone. Hope you all get your grants soon! This thread has been really helpful in getting a feel for the process. Thanks to all involved. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mummy Mann Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 I think we also need to remember when we lodged our 175 visa applications we were expecting to wait 18-24 months for a visa. 175's are being processed within 6-9 months time. I am pleased with the speed the applications are being processed at but tbh when you read how quick others are being processed it does make you want them to hurry up with yours ;0) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mummy Mann Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Good morning everybody, We've woken up this morning to an early Christmas present from Adelaide as well - VISA GRANTED !! Have a great Christmas everyone. Hope you all get your grants soon! This thread has been really helpful in getting a feel for the process. Thanks to all involved. Chris Congratulations!!! x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lavache Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Dear all, Could you please add my details below: Name: lavache Date of Visa application: 15-06-2011 Nationality: Indian High/Low Risk: HR Trade/profession: HR Adviser Visa type: 176 FS Onshore/offshore: Offshore Pre-14th July 2010 Category (If applicable): N/A Post-14th July 2010 Category: 3 Post-1st July 2011 Category: 4 Medicals submitted: No Police check submitted: No Date CO assigned: N/A Date of employment verification (If applicable): Not yet Date visa granted: officially Not yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpremji Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Wecome to the thread, I have added your details to the first post and the spreadsheet... Dear all, Could you please add my details below:Name: lavache Date of Visa application: 15-06-2011 Nationality: Indian High/Low Risk: HR Trade/profession: HR Adviser Visa type: 176 FS Onshore/offshore: Offshore Pre-14th July 2010 Category (If applicable): N/A Post-14th July 2010 Category: 3 Post-1st July 2011 Category: 4 Medicals submitted: No Police check submitted: No Date CO assigned: N/A Date of employment verification (If applicable): Not yet Date visa granted: officially Not yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHandGH Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Maximum respect to you Bpremji for continuing the thread / spreadsheet. A big thank you also to Tania. You have both sacrificed your time in providing an invaluable service and I for one am very grateful. I Will miss the buzz and excitement as everyone moves on after their grants. If all goes well I will be one of the last here to get a grant so I will make sure the lights are turned off in the waiting room / torture chamber. Best of luck to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest waitingtogotooz Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Just in case I dont get a chance to come on again before crimbo day. MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL :xmas3: :xmas12: :xmas7: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bpremji Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Guys....I hope you don't all mind but I'm going to knock the 'Just For Fun' game on the head for a bit as the updates seem to be all over the place at the moment from DIAC. Also there seems to be more and more to update.... Hope that's ok with everyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taniaholmes Posted December 23, 2011 Share Posted December 23, 2011 Good morning everybody, We've woken up this morning to an early Christmas present from Adelaide as well - VISA GRANTED !! Have a great Christmas everyone. Hope you all get your grants soon! This thread has been really helpful in getting a feel for the process. Thanks to all involved. Chris Congratulations on your visa :jiggy::jiggy::jiggy::xmas12: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest keisha Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Merry Christmas everyone!!! :smile: I'm not sure if I should ask it here but in case you guys have any ideas... I'm planning to get married early next year. :biggrin: Would it affect my visa application if I add my hubby as dependent? Or should I just wait after the visa grant and let my hubby apply for a partner visa? cheers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dreamoz Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Got my med finalised today.. very surprising, I though they were closed between 24-28th. Anyway, now I just hope the CO is kind enough to grant my visa next week. Merry Christmas everyone!! I wish the Santa Claus gives all of you the magic grant letter tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAMRAZOR Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I am a July 1st applicant and have just received police checks back and want to front load them to my online application. Having logged in and even going on the document checklist page, I can't find anywhere that you can attach documents. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taniaholmes Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Merry Christmas everyone!!! :smile: I'm not sure if I should ask it here but in case you guys have any ideas... I'm planning to get married early next year. :biggrin: Would it affect my visa application if I add my hubby as dependent? Or should I just wait after the visa grant and let my hubby apply for a partner visa? cheers!!! I am not sure on that I would advise you to start a new thread and see if anyone else can help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taniaholmes Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 If I am not on before I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas :xmas10: Tania Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lavache Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Merry Christmas :xmas10: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mummy Mann Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Merry Christmas everyone xxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pandv_2000 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Hi I checked this morning on the off chance there had been an update and hubby's meds have been finalised today! So it's Christmas Eve and we can enter the waiting room - I hope they're serving Christmas lunch in there. Merry Christmas everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eng32 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Merry Christmas everyone, let's hope next Christmas we will all be celebrating on the beach in sunny Oz . :xmas12: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blech Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Hi all,my laptop was broken so I was little bit out order. First of all thank you guys for keeping this thread alive! Wish you all Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I hope your dreams come true soon! Congratulations to all who get visa before Xmas,really best present ever! Our meds were finalised 13.12. and PCC uploaded 23.12, so hi all in waiting room I hope we just will spend New Years Eve there and then many visas will be granted.good luck to all guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol2Oz Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 :xmas1:Merry Christmas, Everyone ~~~:xmas5: :xmas2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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