GSM - 175/176 Visa Applications; January - June 2012
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I do not like being addressed as "man" any more than I enjoy being addressed as "mate" or "dear" by people who do not know me. Nor is it good English or acceptable to the majority of people in Australia.
That means no more than that someone at DIAC has changed the status to say "Application being processed further",
That means no more than that someone at DIAC has changed the status to say "Application being processed further",
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PCC and medicals have a "life" of 12 months - that is rom the date they are done to the date by which you need to enter Australia. If they are done too soon they will have to be re-done before the visa can be granted.
External checks can take several months. Your CO is almost certainly being cautious and is just not asking for the pcc and meds too soon.
External checks can take several months. Your CO is almost certainly being cautious and is just not asking for the pcc and meds too soon.
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PCC and medicals have a "life" of 12 months - that is rom the date they are done to the date by which you need to enter Australia. If they are done too soon they will have to be re-done before the visa can be granted.
External checks can take several months. Your CO is almost certainly being cautious and is just not asking for the pcc and meds too soon.
External checks can take several months. Your CO is almost certainly being cautious and is just not asking for the pcc and meds too soon.
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A fr of mine applied two month after me, his CO ask for PCC & health check on the same day his status got updated to "met" looks like he will get his VISA next week & i have to keep
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Got ur Point Pollyana already waited for 7 month another year looks very long
can u tell me what checks are included in the External check all the doc i uploaded already in the "met" status.
A fr of mine applied two month after me, his CO ask for PCC & health check on the same day his status got updated to "met" looks like he will get his VISA next week & i have to keep
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Hi Julia and others
Subclass 176 applicant here. Lodged in jun 2012 acknowledged on 8th jun. CO contacted on 16 Jul 2012 and asked for Wife's Birth certificate which I emailed and since then have not heard from the CO keeping the fingers crossed.
Subclass 176 applicant here. Lodged in jun 2012 acknowledged on 8th jun. CO contacted on 16 Jul 2012 and asked for Wife's Birth certificate which I emailed and since then have not heard from the CO keeping the fingers crossed.
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Hello everyone ,
I have applied for 176 Visa Subclass ( WA sponsored ) on 2nd Feb, Case officer assigned on 19th Feb 2012 . She asked for some more documents , then silence. No updates yet , so anyone with same scenario. Any expectation that till one will we get Medical / Police clearance call.
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I have applied for 176 Visa Subclass ( WA sponsored ) on 2nd Feb, Case officer assigned on 19th Feb 2012 . She asked for some more documents , then silence. No updates yet , so anyone with same scenario. Any expectation that till one will we get Medical / Police clearance call.
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Hi all.. Applied 175 MODL online (Accountant) - India on 12th June. Status changed to 'Application being processed further' on 13/8/2012 - whatever thats supposed to mean. Lets hope DIAC keeps up the speed in the coming months.. with no first round of SkillSelect invitations in sight! Allocation Status jumped from 23rd Jan to 19th March in the latest fortnightly update.
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Hi pollyana when u said it takes 12 month to complete external checking i though Ok 2 month top but what i found out some people are stuck with over 2 yrs
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Hi all
Just thought I'll share my experience. May be of some interest or use to others.
I'm qualified as a pre-primary teacher (listed as Early Education teacher on the SOL) and hence the primary applicant. I have dual citizenship for South Africa and UK - applied on UK passport. My partner is the secondary applicant. We have been thinking of applying for 175 visa for a while so started getting things ready last year. Did Academic IELTS December 2011. Skills assessment done February 2012 - took 10 weeks to the day!
We decided to do everything ourselves as we weren't prepared to pay £2000 on top of the visa application fee. I referred to the immigration website and forums quite a lot to help complete our application.
Submitted online application 7 June 2012. Frontloaded police checks as documents checklist said for it to be done in 28 days - better safe than sorry. Also frontloaded health checks for the same reason. And then we got ready for the 12 - 18 month waiting game!![Fingers Crossed](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/fingerscrossed.gif)
CO officer contacted us by standard e-mail 16 August 2012 requesting police checks and health checks.
I informed them that it has been attached.
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We have to enter by 19 June 2013 and I'm just starting a new job!![EEK!](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)
Fair to say, things are happening a bit quicker than we thought. Now have to sell 2 houses and start looking for jobs etc. May go for a holiday at Easter just to activate visas giving us a bit more time to organise things.
Good luck to everyone!
Just thought I'll share my experience. May be of some interest or use to others.
I'm qualified as a pre-primary teacher (listed as Early Education teacher on the SOL) and hence the primary applicant. I have dual citizenship for South Africa and UK - applied on UK passport. My partner is the secondary applicant. We have been thinking of applying for 175 visa for a while so started getting things ready last year. Did Academic IELTS December 2011. Skills assessment done February 2012 - took 10 weeks to the day!
We decided to do everything ourselves as we weren't prepared to pay £2000 on top of the visa application fee. I referred to the immigration website and forums quite a lot to help complete our application.
Submitted online application 7 June 2012. Frontloaded police checks as documents checklist said for it to be done in 28 days - better safe than sorry. Also frontloaded health checks for the same reason. And then we got ready for the 12 - 18 month waiting game!
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CO officer contacted us by standard e-mail 16 August 2012 requesting police checks and health checks.
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Visas granted 17 August 2012. 2 months and 10 days!
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We have to enter by 19 June 2013 and I'm just starting a new job!
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Fair to say, things are happening a bit quicker than we thought. Now have to sell 2 houses and start looking for jobs etc. May go for a holiday at Easter just to activate visas giving us a bit more time to organise things.
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Hi all
Just thought I'll share my experience. May be of some interest or use to others.
I'm qualified as a pre-primary teacher (listed as Early Education teacher on the SOL) and hence the primary applicant. I have dual citizenship for South Africa and UK - applied on UK passport. My partner is the secondary applicant. We have been thinking of applying for 175 visa for a while so started getting things ready last year. Did Academic IELTS December 2011. Skills assessment done February 2012 - took 10 weeks to the day!
We decided to do everything ourselves as we weren't prepared to pay £2000 on top of the visa application fee. I referred to the immigration website and forums quite a lot to help complete our application.
Submitted online application 7 June 2012. Frontloaded police checks as documents checklist said for it to be done in 28 days - better safe than sorry. Also frontloaded health checks for the same reason. And then we got ready for the 12 - 18 month waiting game!![Fingers Crossed](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/fingerscrossed.gif)
CO officer contacted us by standard e-mail 16 August 2012 requesting police checks and health checks.
I informed them that it has been attached.
Visas granted 17 August 2012. 2 months and 10 days!![Thumbs Up](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/thumbsup.gif)
We have to enter by 19 June 2013 and I'm just starting a new job!![EEK!](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/eek.gif)
Fair to say, things are happening a bit quicker than we thought. Now have to sell 2 houses and start looking for jobs etc. May go for a holiday at Easter just to activate visas giving us a bit more time to organise things.
Good luck to everyone!
Just thought I'll share my experience. May be of some interest or use to others.
I'm qualified as a pre-primary teacher (listed as Early Education teacher on the SOL) and hence the primary applicant. I have dual citizenship for South Africa and UK - applied on UK passport. My partner is the secondary applicant. We have been thinking of applying for 175 visa for a while so started getting things ready last year. Did Academic IELTS December 2011. Skills assessment done February 2012 - took 10 weeks to the day!
We decided to do everything ourselves as we weren't prepared to pay £2000 on top of the visa application fee. I referred to the immigration website and forums quite a lot to help complete our application.
Submitted online application 7 June 2012. Frontloaded police checks as documents checklist said for it to be done in 28 days - better safe than sorry. Also frontloaded health checks for the same reason. And then we got ready for the 12 - 18 month waiting game!
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CO officer contacted us by standard e-mail 16 August 2012 requesting police checks and health checks.
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Visas granted 17 August 2012. 2 months and 10 days!
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We have to enter by 19 June 2013 and I'm just starting a new job!
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Fair to say, things are happening a bit quicker than we thought. Now have to sell 2 houses and start looking for jobs etc. May go for a holiday at Easter just to activate visas giving us a bit more time to organise things.
Good luck to everyone!
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Hi pollyana when u said it takes 12 month to complete external checking i though Ok 2 month top but what i found out some people are stuck with over 2 yrs
......curse u ASIO......any idea what triggers this external checking coz none of my fr got stuck with it.....so Y ME????.....![Confused](https://britishexpats.com/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif)
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What I did say was that PCC and Medicals have a life of 12 months, after that you can be asked to do them again. Totally different subject.
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