milliem Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 did they give you a time scale? No just hanging in visa limbo Millie x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daydreamer88 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 All meds changed to finalised... Not long to wait now...exciting! Emma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Law Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 OMG! We got it...we have our visa! Why i am awake checking so early i have no idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest waitingSS Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Congrats Heather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milliem Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Woohoo! So pleased for you Heather!! Just in time for the weekend :-) You can put all that rotten IELTS drama and the pee of the century behind you now and get on with planning your new life down under. Millie x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daydreamer88 Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 OMG! We got it...we have our visa! Why i am awake checking so early i have no idea! OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!!! That is great news Heather! A strange feeling isn't it? Emma x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spuddywoodywoowoo Posted March 30, 2012 Author Share Posted March 30, 2012 Awwww congrats heather!!!!! Woohoo :-D x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aduffield76 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Sorry to butt in everyone but I have just started my 176 application, I have my IELTS booked and almost completed my Skills Assessment apllication with ACS (im doing an IT Assessment).....obviously the July 1st deadline is fast approaching....how long has it taken you guys to get your visa from start to finish? I assume as long as I get the visa application in before the 1st of July I will be within the deadline? Also, do you know how long the visa lasts for...ie, how quickly you have to move to Oz once you have the 'Golden Ticket'? Thanks guys and congrats to you all who have your visas....mucho jealous :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spuddywoodywoowoo Posted March 31, 2012 Author Share Posted March 31, 2012 You have 12months to activate your visa, it took us best part of 12months start to finish but we were held up for 4 months because of the July 11 changes Good luck! Emma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Berhe Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Hey Everyone, I just registered with PomsinOz and I'm quite impressed with the collective knowledge and experience among it's members, not to mention the wealth of advice and information being generously shared. I wish I found this site last year. Australia was never an interest to me until I went there for vacation in December 2011. I returned in January 2012 convinced that Australia was the place I needed to be! I live in Canada, and the first few weeks back I was tied up with work and relocation to a new city. Then came the apartment hunt, organizing shipment of my belongings, blah blah blah. Long story short, it's now the last day of March and I haven't started anything. I found a great migrant agent who came highly recommended and who was also eager to start the ball rolling come Monday. But, in all honesty, I feel absolutely dissappointed with myself over nothing getting this started sooner. Just to get a VETASSESS assessment would take me 12-16 weeks, and based on the stories I've read here, most likely even longer (even the VETASSESS website has a banner indicating how backlogged they are). I definitely won't make the July 1, 2012 deadline. *sigh* Anyways, congrats to everyone who got it in on time, and especially to those who were awarded a visa. And another thing to those who are anxiously waiting - you're in a much better situation than I am. Hope to hear from other members soon! Berhe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doing a geographical Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 YOu could still apply for the points test advisory letter??So going on the basis you dont REALLy need it. We are proving our work experience with- employer references (Yes- all same stuff we sent of to VETASSESS basically) along with wage slips covering the entire period and bank statements. With only sent of a selection of payslips from each year as was paid fortnightly so that would have been too many but attached what we hope is enough. Whos your assessing body?? VETASSESS we know from experience are terribly slow. But other bodies arent ACT, i see your visa was granted. Congrats! Did your CO request "points advice"? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochie Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Our 176 was granted today!!! WA here we come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Law Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Our 176 was granted today!!! WA here we come! yeah!!! Its a strange feeling isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Irloz Posted April 4, 2012 Share Posted April 4, 2012 Congrats goochie :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daydreamer88 Posted April 5, 2012 Share Posted April 5, 2012 Our 176 was granted today!!! WA here we come! Yay!!!!! That is fab news Goochie :-) Emma x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseyfuture Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 I am soo fed up of waiting. Why do these visas take so long. Surely if one has supplied all required documentation it should be straight forward.. yes or no... I need a new car but then I say to myself what if the visa comes tomorrow.. Hating living in limbo like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseyfuture Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 OH's medicals were finalised a few days after they were referred (Feb) according to the Health Operations Centre,, but still showing as still referred. I emailed CO a few weeks back and reply was that it was still being processed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Australianinwaiting Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Our visa was granted a couple of weeks ago, just as I was having a terrible time at work. It rather got lost in all the awfulness, but I'm thrilled and delighted. Now on to the next stage of planning, validation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 ACT, i see your visa was granted. Congrats! Did your CO request "points advice"? Cheers No dont need it.......it helps to 'support' your claim for additional points but its not necessary Thankfully! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Our visa was granted a couple of weeks ago, just as I was having a terrible time at work. It rather got lost in all the awfulness, but I'm thrilled and delighted. Now on to the next stage of planning, validation! We're the same........my god the amount of planning is unreal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ack Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 OH's medicals were finalised a few days after they were referred (Feb) according to the Health Operations Centre,, but still showing as still referred. I emailed CO a few weeks back and reply was that it was still being processed. Id email and ask is there anything else they require? Hopefully that will help and email maybe HOC and is if theyve processed it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spuddywoodywoowoo Posted May 11, 2012 Author Share Posted May 11, 2012 Almost time for us to leave for Perth! We have left our home and moved into a B&B for 3 weeks before we fly!! We have our leaving party 1 week tomorrow wow it's finally starting to feel real Em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather Law Posted May 11, 2012 Share Posted May 11, 2012 Almost time for us to leave for Perth! We have left our home and moved into a B&B for 3 weeks before we fly!! We have our leaving party 1 week tomorrow wow it's finally starting to feel real Em Wow! Good Luck Emma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roseyfuture Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 Id email and ask is there anything else they require? Hopefully that will help and email maybe HOC and is if theyve processed it I did Ack and this was their reply on the 8th of March ,,"Thank you for your email. Please be advised the medicals which you are enquiring about have been assessed and finalised. If you should require further information please contact the case officer or relevant business area and quote the following Client ID Number -..." I then emailed CO and this was the reply ....."Thank you for your email. Your application is undergoing routine processing, I will advise you as soon as I am able to finalise your application." Iam frustrated because I supplied all requested info and the longer it takes the likely it is that I and my family will have to go for medicals again and police checks. Hopefully it shouldn't be too long.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milliem Posted May 12, 2012 Share Posted May 12, 2012 I did Ack and this was their reply on the 8th of March ,,"Thank you for your email. Please be advised the medicals which you are enquiring about have been assessed and finalised.If you should require further information please contact the case officer or relevant business area and quote the following Client ID Number -..." I then emailed CO and this was the reply ....."Thank you for your email. Your application is undergoing routine processing, I will advise you as soon as I am able to finalise your application." Iam frustrated because I supplied all requested info and the longer it takes the likely it is that I and my family will have to go for medicals again and police checks. Hopefully it shouldn't be too long.. Hang in there. It will all work out Millie x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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