Front loading meds and Pc's
Dec 19th 2005, 4:37 pm
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Front loading meds and Pc's
Hi to the forum, please could you advice me if it is possible to get one step ahead of the agency with regards to police checks and medicals.
We have just had a call from our agency and they say our TRA looks fine and are confident it will be ok, but as the office is closed for christmas it will be sent to them at the beginning of January, hopefully to be returned approved by the end of February or beginning of March.
We are going on skilled MODL and hope to be there this time next year
We have heard of front loading and would be very grateful on any advice on this matter and also how quickly others have completed the whole process (has anybody been lucky enough to have completed and on a plane within a year or less?).
Thanks in anticipation of your reply
We have just had a call from our agency and they say our TRA looks fine and are confident it will be ok, but as the office is closed for christmas it will be sent to them at the beginning of January, hopefully to be returned approved by the end of February or beginning of March.
We are going on skilled MODL and hope to be there this time next year
We have heard of front loading and would be very grateful on any advice on this matter and also how quickly others have completed the whole process (has anybody been lucky enough to have completed and on a plane within a year or less?).
Thanks in anticipation of your reply
Dec 20th 2005, 10:04 pm
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Re: Front loading meds and Pc's
Originally Posted by grahampaula
Hi to the forum, please could you advice me if it is possible to get one step ahead of the agency with regards to police checks and medicals.
We have just had a call from our agency and they say our TRA looks fine and are confident it will be ok, but as the office is closed for christmas it will be sent to them at the beginning of January, hopefully to be returned approved by the end of February or beginning of March.
We are going on skilled MODL and hope to be there this time next year
We have heard of front loading and would be very grateful on any advice on this matter and also how quickly others have completed the whole process (has anybody been lucky enough to have completed and on a plane within a year or less?).
Thanks in anticipation of your reply
We have just had a call from our agency and they say our TRA looks fine and are confident it will be ok, but as the office is closed for christmas it will be sent to them at the beginning of January, hopefully to be returned approved by the end of February or beginning of March.
We are going on skilled MODL and hope to be there this time next year
We have heard of front loading and would be very grateful on any advice on this matter and also how quickly others have completed the whole process (has anybody been lucky enough to have completed and on a plane within a year or less?).
Thanks in anticipation of your reply
Dec 20th 2005, 11:43 pm
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Re: Front loading meds and Pc's
If you front load you have 12mths from the date on the PCC or meds to have your visa granted AND validate (a trip to Aus - either for your main trip or just to get a visa stamp ) if you dont get it all done in that 12mths the risk is you have to have new PCC and new Meds .
pcc at 10 quid is not an issue but meds at 500 quid is an issue. If you dont validate in the 12mth window from PCC/Meds then you have to apply from fresh for a new visa ..... ouch.
Our visa took 5-6mths non modl , skilled 136, but I wasnt TRA assessed, and we had to lodge the 100k bond for extra 5 points so that added 4 weeks. Skills assesment was 2mths of the total time.
You should really wait until the TRA is back - there is no benefit doing meds and PCCs now because the TRA will eat up all the time. So maybe wait like 2-3mths and then get the PCC done in anticipation of the TRA coming back, PCC takes 30 days to get. When you get notification of TRA then book your meds - they should be doable in less than 2 weeks and then you'll be all set to send it all off in onepackage along with the Sk47 form.
pcc at 10 quid is not an issue but meds at 500 quid is an issue. If you dont validate in the 12mth window from PCC/Meds then you have to apply from fresh for a new visa ..... ouch.
Our visa took 5-6mths non modl , skilled 136, but I wasnt TRA assessed, and we had to lodge the 100k bond for extra 5 points so that added 4 weeks. Skills assesment was 2mths of the total time.
You should really wait until the TRA is back - there is no benefit doing meds and PCCs now because the TRA will eat up all the time. So maybe wait like 2-3mths and then get the PCC done in anticipation of the TRA coming back, PCC takes 30 days to get. When you get notification of TRA then book your meds - they should be doable in less than 2 weeks and then you'll be all set to send it all off in onepackage along with the Sk47 form.
