helloshivahere:

I can see from your signature that you were asked by your CO for work numbers. Did he write back to you to asking you for contact numbers of your employers.

Thanks.

Yeah I received mail from CO asking latest work telephone number to investigate
I send it same day. Next day we received call from SAfrica Oz high commission.

They asked simply when I joined, Salary, Duties - Not more than 2 min in overall

Ok so, I just got off the phone with my migration officer.

This may be old news to people on this site, but she told me that the DIAC is advising that people on the CSL will take 1 year to process for General Skilled Migration visa.

Previously, when we met in June, it was taking about 4 months, so we gambled on an approx 5 month wait.

My wife is a qualified Nurse, with 10 years experience, and we're applying for a General Skilled Migration visa. We have all the requirements, and spent the last month gathering the required documents.

We are travelling beforehand to Philippines(my wifes nationality) with flights booked & jobs packed in, leaving on 6th August

We planned to stay in Philippines while our visa's were being processed, using it as a base for travelling South East asia & island hopping, and leaving there for Australia in November.

But now it looks like we could be stuck in Philippines for "worst case" one year !

Apparently we should now do a State sponsorship, which everyone else is doing, the processing times of which now has extended to 6 months.

Has anybody else come across this ??

Are you sure that folks on CSL have to wait for one more year....this is not true.

One important question - when did you apply. One year from which date???

We have been already waiting for 14 months to get to this stage of employment verification....

We havent actually applied yet, we were just gathering the info.

We will have our application in within the next 2 weeks.

Here is the quote from her email

"The new 2010 Program year commenced on 1 July 2009 and DIAC has now released the updated processing arrangements. DIAC has advised that based on the current application rates, it is unlikely that applications which fall in Groups 1 to 3 (i.e. 1. Employer Sponsored, 2. State/Territory Sponsored and 3. Critical Skills List) will be exhausted in the 2009/10 year (i.e. It will take up until 30 June 2010 to approve all applications in Groups 1 to 3 currently submitted with DIAC). The Minister has confirmed that this arrangement will remain in place to 30 June 2010.

What does this mean? It means that as long a your wifes occupation remains on the CSL then she will receive priority processing up to 30 June 2010, however, it is likely that processing may now take 12 months."

Takes that much from date of your appln till your visa is sent to you - don't be suprised, go ahead and apply without wasting futher time. God bless.

Hello,
Maybe someone can help me with this,
For employer sponsorship what all do i need to get; i checked the minimum wages needed for different work types on immi website. I am not getting 70K but am working as a IT and telecom consultant in melbourne on a permanent full time role. Currently i have applied under GSM 885 - ICT recent graduate which does not give me any priority at all. I can talk to my employers for sponsorship.. my 2 yr contact started with them late last year, i know they will extend my job for further 2 yrs min.. coz they are training me for lot of stuff.. what all do i need in order to change my application to employer sponsored?
Pls help.

No-one can predict what is going to happen with processing in the future, as we have all seen over the last few months. Its become known as Ye Olde Piece of String Question

Yes, while planning take this into account that it could go up to one year and what if MORE.....Go ahead with your logging application...
Keep in mind this old wisdom which is guiding us here "Hope for best and be prepared & planned for the worst"

As situation is ever changing...

HI,guys.

I have lodged my electronic application on 25 December 2008.My
application TYPE is Class VF,subclass 475 Skilled-Regional Sponsored.

My online application status changed on 9/4 2009(all were changed to met except "Evidence of work experience ") ,a week later I received a letter from my case officer ,she requested "Evidence of employment" and "Character requirement" ,20 days later I mailed these to My case officer.

14/5 2009 I received a call from the local embassy which is called "background check" and it may also called "external check "

9/6 2009 the item"Evidence of work experience" was changed to "met" and a letter named" request information" from my CO was mailed to me and requested the "Character requirement"(Perhaps my agent forgot to sent "Character requirement").

It have been more than 1 months since "Character requirement" had been sent to my CO ....Now I am still waiting with anxiety .....


My question is who on earth put document on "met"?CO or CO's assistant?
What's exactly "met" mean? Is it means these items are checked by CO's assistant or CO and regard these as "eligibility".Or just only means these document are received .whether these items are "ok" is still a question?

Hi,
Just a quick stupid question. Does anyone one know what does "Application being processed further" means? I launched my Visa online on 29 June 2009, and changed status to processing commenced.

on 09 July 2009, status inquiry shows Application being processed further. Does that mean anything? Just curious. Also, my skills assessment evidence status shows as Received, and rest all as required. Any ideas?

My occupation as of now is on CSL & MODL.

Thanks for you time

Did you email DIAC any of your documents instead of attaching it to your application online? My status changed to Application being processed further after I email some documents that were too big to be attached online.
You have mentioned that you apllied very recently. Even though you are CSL,it's quiet unlikely to have a case officer assigned to your case if you don't have any sort of sponsorship.

Hope this helps.

It means your application is being processed further.

gzxxd,
you got to be patient. whether CO or CO's assistant, they must be following their standard procedure. They clearly had your "Evidence of work experience" as not met.
Once you sent in the required documents, it has changed to met.
However, the "character requirement" part is wholly at DIAC's discretion. Again, this is given upfront in the terms and conditions of our visa applications. They'll do their check and it does take long to complete. Especially for HR countries, it takes much longer. I am not sure whether you belong to one. but be patient and i do not see anything done wrong in yuor case. you'll get there eventually.