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Hello all, i joined a few weeks ago but have unsure how to post messages so i hope u get to see this.

My partner is an electrician so we plan to try and get over on the skilled visa. We sent our first application away to TRA and we expect to hear back within next 2 weeks. We were meant to hear back in 60 days and I swear it feels like a year has passed already. In general does anyone know approx how long they take to get back?

Great site, some of the posts on the forum have been top notch, cheers.

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60 days... are you sure??????
Last I heard even people on priority processing were taking 3 mths + 2 wks... thats 104 days........
If you get it back in 60 days - excellent! There may be hope for the rest of us!!!:rolleyes:

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We got our TRA's back really quickly. Probably inside of 60 days. Bit of a lottery I guess?

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Thats really amazing! Our first TRA we got back in 3mths & 12 days as a rejection - we were thinking if thats how long it takes for the to reject you how flipping long does it take them to accept you! LOL;)

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TRA at the moment are taking about 13 weeks, when we sent ours in August they were taking more like 16...

Very rarely people get them back before this, but it dont happen often!

You will probably find the Oz Immigration board more help on this:

http://britishexpats.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=32

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Hello, yeah im sure it was $300 for 90 days and $500 for 60 days that was fast tracked. Oh no i hope we havent got our hopes up too soon to hear back within next 2 weeks lol

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ours took 12 weeks but we did fast track it :rolleyes:

tracey.

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Hi For priority its around 3 months but dont forget the holiday periods this adds a few more weeks onto the time.
ours took just over 3 months good luck.

Debs xxxxx

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Sorry to disapoint you but that's just a standard thing they say, unfortunately more often than not it takes much longer.... :(

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Thanks when we got our letter back from them we got an email address and phone no, i will give them the 2 weeks then i will be on the case, I just hope they say yes !!! :)

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Fingers crossed for you!!

I found the last few weeks were the worst as you knew it was coming.

I think this time round it will be even worse as we cant really afford to fail again... :(

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Ive just looked at the tra web site and it does say 60 working days so you have to add the weekends onto that which makes it around 3 months

Debs xxx

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Yes, that makes sense actually!


Oh my lord, Debs is making sense!!!!! LOL!!! :D

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He He cheeky mare but it dont happen that often lol so im not suprised your shocked

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:D :D :D

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Hope this is of some use: we have fast-racked our skills assessment via agents on 29/10/04, received acknowledgment from TRA 05/11/04. Agents say expect a result on or around 03/02/05. Nail biting stuff eh?

Good luck with all yours

Perth-bound

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mine was 19 weeks fast tracked sent in june recived in nov positive assement

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Jees Oh...

Have they opened a really good pub next door to the TRA office, or something??
What's taking so long these days?

When I did mine, I got it back in less than 3 weeks!

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Not helping... :(

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Check out this site for timescales.

www.austimeline.com

Incidentally we are also waiting for TRA response for Electrician - acknowledged by TRA 2/11/04, hopefully the wait will soon be over.

Leezo

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I know... Sorry....:o

I did then wait 18 months for the actual visa, If that makes you feel any better?:)

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Hiya - watch out for www.austimeline.com as it is ADDICTIVE! You begin to start looking at the timelines of everybody else and thinking why is their;s faster than mine.. oh god somethings going on, etc, etc, etc, & it can really make you paranoid! LOL

I found this site about 7 months ago, & ended up a nervous wreck!

Claire
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Just a quick note to say we sent TRA 06/10/04 and was received on 11/10/04 priority processed and TRA said yes on 16/12/04 - that is 9 weeks 4 days including weekends and this was for general electician (if this is any help to you).

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So did ours!!!

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That is FANTASTIC!!! WOWOWOW
What trade was it for please?

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Hopefully you will here soon as well, its not just the wait but also the worry that they might say no as well!!!! I agree with Scossie i think they might have opened a good pub next door and there out drinkin instead of checkin our forms lol.

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Hi took us nearly 5 months priority!! good luck with it all :)

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Too late, I'm already sticking pins in my Scossie voodoo doll!!!! :D :D

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That's all I need!
I'm sitting here with a broken back, & now you're practicing voodoo on me!:eek:

I wondered why I've had a sore head all day...:(