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Originally posted by Jamesy:

Can anyone advise me on how long this is taking at the moment - I've heard upto 20 months - surely not!!

Any advice on if and how you can speed up the process?

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Originally posted by Jamesy:
New to this site - but some v useful information. We have just applied for our visa under the skilled migration category using agents (to take some of the pain out of it). We have the 60 points from the Trades recognition - so should be no problems.

Can anyone advise me on how long this is taking at the moment - I've heard upto 20 months - surely not!!

Any advice on if and how you can speed up the process?

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Originally posted by Juls:


Hello there,

We applied to Adelaide April 2002, Hubbies a toolmaker had assestment back from the TRA.
Now we're in the process of being fast tracked and have just booked medicals for Oct. Had police checks back this week.
We were told it could take just 3 months from starting to be fast tracked til the visa's come, so it's moving pretty quickly.

We did'nt expect to be out there til end of next year, looks like it's gonna be sooner!

Hope this helps?

Julie

(Adelaide by April 2003)

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Originally posted by Jamesy:

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Originally posted by abergas:


Hi there,
You'll be one of those lucky ones to apply to adelaide.
We, like many others on this site had the mis-fortune
of applying to london as it was b4 nov 2001.
We applied in july 2001 so its now 13 months but adelaide seems to be processing @ 9/10/11/12 months by the posts on this and other sites.We have some friends who are still waiting after 18 months!
The only good thing about that is you get plenty of time to sort out the mountain of paperwork for all necessary
bits and pieces.
Which trade did you apply under ??
One possible short cut is to get state sponsership
(we here Victoria is pretty good at this),but you have to stay in that state for two years.

:scared:
Hope this helps a bit,but if you trol through this site, there's
lots of good advice.
cul8tr
Dave and Yve

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Originally posted by Jamesy:

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Originally posted by Jaj:
Yes it is still possible to go for State sponsorship. You should have filled out the
skill matching section of the visa application when you applied, if not you can fill
it out now and send it into your case officer, quoting your file number.

You can also get in touch with Victoria directly:
http://www.migration.vic.gov.au

Jeremy

    >On Sat, 31 Aug 2002 21:21:28 +0000, Jamesy <[email protected]> wrote:
    >Originally posted by Jamesy:
    >Hello Dave and Yve
    >We applied under Telecoms trades person and were successful. We have already lodged
    >our application - so is it possible for us to still go for state sponsorship - why
    >do you like Victoria - have you been?
    >Thanks for the help
    >Niki n Rob
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    >Jamesy
    >Posted via http://britishexpats.com

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Originally posted by Alan Collett:
Jeremy - there's no need to lodge Skills Matching paperwork: an application can be bumped up from a 136-Skilled Independent to a 137-State Nominated Independent once SA or Victoria have confirmed they will nominate.

Best regards.

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Originally posted by NickyTurner:
Dear Alan (and anyone else)

Is there any way we can speed things up- we applied May 31st 2001 toi London and are still waiting (house in market etc). Husband carpenter.We are desperate to get out there this side of Xmas. Do they accpet bribes??

Any advise more than gratefully received.

Thanks

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Originally posted by iancurtis:
'20 months' !

What happened to the 50 weeks duration ?

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