gohysteria

I am starting this thread because most of the discussion in this forum focus on 175/176 visa, and I have found very few posts on 887 or related information. I hope this will be a platform for current and prospective 887 applicants to share timelines and any other issues arising.

Lodged 887 online 16/1/09. Still waiting...
Allocation of CO at Brisbane has been stuck at 29 Dec 2008 for the last 3 weeks

virtualbajwa

Hi my dear brother.... I aggree with u. My visa class is class UZ subclass 496....(near to 887)..Ican c that there are very few posts on this forum as well as other forums..
I do not wat is the reason behind this..
I applied in Aug 2007..
got case officer in Oct 2008...
Submitted all the docs...
But till date I cud not get the visa....(six months to case officer)...

ovasco

Hi there!
Good to see there are more people here applying for 887. I have noticed that the paper applications are moving faster that the onlines. I have heard of two guys that the process took 4 and 7 weeks... but that is it, havent heard of any other cases.
I applied on 22nd of March, so I guess I still have a long wait...

alwyck

Hi There....Applied for 887 visa in september 2008..online.....got case officer in late february 2009 and was granted PR visa april 3rd 2009...about 6 months....was asked for medicals again but after emailing case officer and pointing out that I had already done permanent medicals in order to get original SIR 495 visa...medical requitrement was WAIVED....cheers alwyck

ABQ

Applied in November 2008, still no case officer

raven

Hi

We applied for 887 online 13th Oct 2008. We were granted 24th Dec 2008. Good luck to you all

dave500

Afternoon All, we applied for the 887 visa in mid Jan 2009 (online application to Brisbaine) still nothing. Our original SIR visa expires in July. Hope the online applications speed up a bit (we were originally told that the 887 should take 12 weeks maximum if we applied online) Goodluck all!! - p.s 11th April now and still no case officer.

gohysteria

Thanks everyone for posting.

Great to see that people are still having their visa granted, some within 3 months. I hope my turn will come around soon.

Christian1976

Hi,

I applied on 19 Jan 09 for a 887 and so far have not heard anything at all.

gohysteria

I applied just 3 days before you.

The GSMB weekly updates indicated applications up to 15 Jan 09 has been allocated COs. Hopefully it will be just another week of waiting

ABQ

When you get your CO, please notify us here

Christian1976

I read that earlier, so we should have a similar timeline I suppose. It would be nice to get a case officer soon, but it seems ABQ still has not gotten one despite lodging in November. I don't want to get too hopeful, so I will be happy if the whole thing works out with about 6 months of processing time.

gohysteria

ABQ,

Did you send a query to GSMB?

ABQ

Yes, I sent an enquiry last week http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/forms/gsm/post.htm
but have not got a response yet

sumanreddyr

hai

i app 887 on 15/01/2009 and iam waiting for co to be alocated so if anyone have app b4 this date or after this date co granted can u let me know


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