piece of string, an 'all
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piece of string, an 'all
I know that this is prob one of those impossible to answer questions.BUT , on average how long does it take for a visa....from start to finish. And does it differ with which type of visa, and you you use an agency. Am looking at a skills visa, using an agency.
Cheers,
Donna
Cheers,
Donna
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Re: piece of string, an 'all
Hi Donna, piece of string is fairly apt. We applied for a skilled visa (after skills assessment) May 06, visa arrived Feb 07. No agent used. Patience is hugely needed and it can be fairly frustrating , but well worth the wait.
Good luck.
Donna
Good luck.
Donna
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Donna.
#4
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Why not just employ an agent to help you with the skills assessment if that's the part you are worried about?.
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Donna
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Re: piece of string, an 'all
I know that this is prob one of those impossible to answer questions.BUT , on average how long does it take for a visa....from start to finish. And does it differ with which type of visa, and you you use an agency. Am looking at a skills visa, using an agency.
Cheers,
Donna
Cheers,
Donna
Got 136 skilled independent and it took 10 months without an agent from TRA to Visa Grant.
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Applied for TRA in October '05, 136 visa granted July '06. No agents involved. It could have been quicker but we had a problem getting my son's passport for some reason and it delayed us by a few weeks.
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Re: piece of string, an 'all
Our skills assessment took longer than the visa. ACS (RPL) took 4 months and visa (136 skilled indep) 31/2 months. And we frontloaded PCC's and Meds. Nothing moves as fast as you want but its worth it in the end!
Good luck.
Good luck.
#9
Re: piece of string, an 'all
I know that this is prob one of those impossible to answer questions.BUT , on average how long does it take for a visa....from start to finish. And does it differ with which type of visa, and you you use an agency. Am looking at a skills visa, using an agency.
Cheers,
Donna
Cheers,
Donna
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Re: piece of string, an 'all
ours took 11 months from TRA to Visa Grant using an agent.
(however that was in 2004, i think things can be a lot quicker now)
(however that was in 2004, i think things can be a lot quicker now)
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