tottefan

How long did it take from the first forms you submitted to the time you were actually granted residency in aussie?

Thanks


Tottefan.

caroledouglas

Hi there
Took us exactly 14 months and that was on a skilled/sponsered visa.
Just to let you know we go t visa today and im still celebrating. Well worth waiting for.
Carole

chr1sarter

For me, it took around 4 months.

fox's2oz

From initial skills assessment , it has taken just under 2 years . Visa granted yesterday and worth every minute!

Cheers

Steve

NJJ

Around three weeks.

spottydog

It took us around 8 months from start of preparation to visa grant for our skilled independent visa, including 2 skills assessments then a delay as DIMIA had lost some of our papers.

I think a lot depends on your skills assessment authority (ours was ACS Group A & B which I think are a lot quicker that TRA in both preparation and assessment time). It also took quite a while for us to get some references as my other half needed 6 years work experience references for his skills assessment and some companies had changed staff, locations etc.

The DIMIA processing system changed in July 2004 which meant that applications received after this date have been processed a lot faster that applications prior to this date.

claire edwards

Depends what visa you are applying for and whether you are on the MODL list of occupations? Different types of visa take different amount of times.

Have you looked on www.austimeline.com ?

I applied for a 136 skilled independant visa, non MODL, look at my time line below.

cheers