View Poll Results: How long did your 136 visa take?
0 -3 months?
4
12.50%
3 - 6 months?
14
43.75%
6 - 9 months?
7
21.88%
Longer?
7
21.88%
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136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
Feb 17th 2006, 9:59 pm
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136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
Out of everyone who appled for a skilled 136 visa, how long did it take from acknowledgemt to grant?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
Feb 17th 2006, 10:00 pm
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
Originally Posted by Tiawamutu
Out of everyone who appled for a skilled 136 visa, how long did it take from acknowledgemt to grant?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
Application acknowledged mid August
Visa Granted 4th Jan
We didn't frontload
Feb 17th 2006, 10:01 pm
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
Originally Posted by Tiawamutu
Out of everyone who appled for a skilled 136 visa, how long did it take from acknowledgemt to grant?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
Feb 17th 2006, 10:02 pm
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
Originally Posted by Tiawamutu
Out of everyone who appled for a skilled 136 visa, how long did it take from acknowledgemt to grant?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
Feb 17th 2006, 10:03 pm
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
Originally Posted by WendyC
Application acknowledged mid August
Visa Granted 4th Jan
We didn't frontload
Visa Granted 4th Jan
We didn't frontload
When are you off to Oz?
Feb 17th 2006, 10:05 pm
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
You are allowed to vote in the poll you know 
Feb 17th 2006, 10:05 pm
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
Originally Posted by Tiawamutu
Congrats When are you off to Oz?
When are you off to Oz?In about 6 - 8 weeks....... depends on how quick our house sale is. They are in quite a rush to complete so shouldn't take too long
Feb 17th 2006, 10:11 pm
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
Originally Posted by Tiawamutu
You are allowed to vote in the poll you know
voted now
Feb 17th 2006, 10:40 pm
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
Originally Posted by carolinegorka
ha...didn't even see the poll
voted now
voted now
Last edited by Tiawamutu; Feb 17th 2006 at 10:42 pm.
Feb 17th 2006, 11:30 pm
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
5 months, I didn't front-load!
Feb 18th 2006, 3:30 am
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
acknowledgement in June visa granted october, we didn't frontload either
Feb 18th 2006, 11:26 am
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
53 days, applied form Oz using current medicals for 457 as valid for a year,
We have to leave to validate by end of March.
Di
We have to leave to validate by end of March.
Di
Feb 18th 2006, 11:44 am
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
4 months 11 days for me. Did send PCCs and meds off unrequested. Had to pay $100k bond too so take off about 3 weeks for that part of the app
Feb 18th 2006, 2:23 pm
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
Originally Posted by Tiawamutu
Out of everyone who appled for a skilled 136 visa, how long did it take from acknowledgemt to grant?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
Grant 2nd Feb 2006
136 Modl
Frontloaded meds on 24/11
Frontloaded pcc on 30/12
Feb 18th 2006, 2:28 pm
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Re: 136 Skilled Visa - How Long Did It Take?
Originally Posted by Tiawamutu
Out of everyone who appled for a skilled 136 visa, how long did it take from acknowledgemt to grant?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
Also did you frontload with PCC's or Medicals?
But just wanted to ask i have heard the word front loaded before , what does this actually mean?