Originally Posted by shillo

We applied for SIR visa sponsorship 1st, we emailed a cv to SA and were sent (via email) a questionaire to complete and send off by mail. they said at the time SIR sponsorship forms were bieng delt with in around 7 days from reciept. low and behold, around 7 days later we got a further email asking if we were sure about the SIR (as it was a temp visa) or did we want to be considered for STNI?. we emailde back straight away and were sent the declaration via email the same day.(lots of late nights!!) this was signed and returned via email (same day), when we got up the next day, we had our nomination for STNI accecepted!!!, they had filled in form 1100 and sent it to DIMIA for thier decision although iv've read of here when SA nominate people
it is very rare you gett turned down. I hope whoever wrote that is correct!!..lol

Hope this helps, good luck.

Shillo