sofarsogood

Hi

I am currently on 457 and have applied for 175 independent GSM PR category in dec 2009.

Wanted to check the following:

1. what importance is given for past employers' work reference letters and what is the alternate in case the employer is not coordinating in providing a detailed letter containing my roles and responsibilities - the only thing that i have obtained contains my tenure, level, full-time status, etc. I have attached recent pay slips etc. along with.

2. Do i need to submit my resume as well?

3. My documents status still show as 'required' though I have submitted those.. by when do I expect this to be changed to received or met?

4. Mine is an offshore application though I am already working in Australia (on 457). My acknowledgement letter states in documents reqd for form 80 and 1221 - do i need to provide these at this stage itself?

Please advise.

Cheers.

Dorothy

Your reference letter must state your name, your job title, hours of work, your 5 main duties, your start and end dates of employment. Salary is optional. It should be printed on company letterhead.

Is there a reason why your employer on your 457 refuses to give you this? Is he willing to sponsor you for ENS instead?
Is it on the documents checklist? Whatever your answer to that question is will be the same as the answer to question 2
When someone gets around to changing it.
Is it on the documents required list? Your answer to this will be the same as the answer to question 4

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sofarsogood

Ok, all this helps..

the employer i meant is my previous employer.. the letter obtained from them does not contain my roles/ functions. will this be an issue?

and do i need any such letter from my current employer as well? i have simply attached the offer letter when i started - but it again does not contain the roles/ functions that i will be carrying out?

Cheers.

Puuja

Hi I am My case is quite similar. I am here on 457 visa since July 08.
I applied for my PR in JUly 09 after completing my 12 months work exp in australia.

So far ( after 6 months) I have not heard any thing my Department of Immigration. No case officer has been assinged yet.
I am on CSL and I think I scored 135points when I applied.
I have my partner attached to my application too.

Not to mention mine is an offshore application and i am from a HR country.

Can someone please inform me what could be wrong in my aplication therefore no CO has been assigned to me yet.
I read in other post that peopel who applied in ausgust 09 have already got thr Visa to the least have a CO assigned.

any information is much appreciated.

sofarsogood

This scares me all the more, as having applied only in Dec 2009 I am already expecting a CO to be allocated soon ahead.

Also what do you mean by being from a HR country?

Cheers.

Puuja

Sorry for using abbreviations. HR means High Risk countries.

Pollyana

You are from a high risk country so they will be doing extra checks. The speed of processing will be dependent on how quickly your country carries out the requested checks.
If people are from Low risk countries they will almost certainly be processed faster. Everyone's timeline is individual and just because some people have been granted that has no correlation to when yours will be granted.

sofarsogood

Where can we get this list of high risk countries? and then even the CO does not get allocated if the applicant is from a HR country?

Puuja

I do not even have a CO assigned to my application. I guess checks are done post CO allocation . isint?
Many People from HR countries have said int he forum that they got the CO assigned after 3 months or so post lodgment.
This makes me worried.
The list of Hight risk counties is there on immigration website.

sofarsogood

You mind sending me a link for this?
and what country are you from?

Cheers.

JoeBlogsOfOz

While on the subject of High and Low Risk Countries, does it also apply to someone who has lodged an onshore application and has been in Australia for previous three years?

Regards,
Joe

Matrisha

I guess you're talking about which countries are high risk and which are low risk countries.
High risk countries are all the countries which are not ETA / eVisitor eligible (stated for example here: http://www.immi.gov.au/about/charter.../visas/3.0.htm).

Which countries are ETA eligible can be found here:
http://www.eta.immi.gov.au/ETAAus1En.html
And for eVisitor here:
http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/tour...ligibility.htm

Puuja

Dear all,
Finally after calling imigration thrice I got two new information about my application delay.
1) i didnt submit ielts score while lodging 175 application. The agent in immigration said that most likely application will be refused. Since i dint meet ielts criteria at the time of applying. I explained to him that oct 09 was the latest date i could get to sit in exam. not enough to convince him.
I am very worried , do no know what to do. He suggested to withdraw the application and reapply.
I wud have never thot that this could be a serious problem. m a lot worried, after 6 months of waiting i get this .

2) Another agent said that i applied under modl 2231-17 (analyst programmer) although my ACS letter says I am asco 2231-79. He suggested that due this problem I am not sitting on critical list hence the delay.
When asked more He said also IELTS requirement not meeting could be another reason for delay.

I think I have complety screwed my application.
I do not what to do.
For now I am plannign to send a form 1023 (notification of incorrect information) to correct my asco atleast.

Do anyone think I have any chance of getting a CO soon. AT this point I am feeling pity on myself.
Please some one senior on this forum give me some advice.

qamar_qadian

Puuja, i am really sorry for your situtaion..

You can correct your ASCO code in the application but IELTS thing is gonna screw your application. as it is clearly mentioned in DIAC website that now we need to have IELTS before applying for immigration. Most likely your application will be refused. you can contact DIAC through mail and give genuine reasons for your mistake , they might be able to help you in getting money back... I know an applicant who tried this trick and his money was refunded rather than application being refused because of IELTS thing.

Puuja

Really qamar,
are you sure just bcoz of ielts thing it will be rejected. i am devastated now.
i think today i will draft a letter to refund my money atleast and then re apply.

how much time are the new applicatiosn taking to get CO assigned? i guess you got it in 4 months right?
do you think i shud still wait for co and then convice him on ielts thing?

i heartbroken now, i would have never imagined this small thign can ruin my application? please suggect somethign there shud be a way out?

can you please fwd me the email from your frend which brought the application fee back atleast.