Originally Posted by Faiq

I have sent email to Australian embassy Pakistan got following response
"Please be informed that your application has been forwarded to decision
maker for consideration. She will consider your application for decision
and if she requires further information you will be contacted. I cannot
provide you any time frame at this stage when it will be finalized however
you will be notified about updates."

I don't understand that, I thought that the CO has the authority to grant the visa, never knew that they have to pass on the application to another delegated decision maker for final approval.

Would any one know how much time it generally takes for a Delegated decision maker to finalize the spouse visa application? Also not sure if this visa year planning quota of partner visas will affect the processing till the beginning of the new visa year on 1st July, 2015.

Originally Posted by Pollyana

The Case Officer recommends that the visa be granted or refused. However something this important has to be checked and signed off by a second person. Its standard government practice, and helps to protect everyone from wrong decisions being made.
When the decision has been made they will contact your wife. There may then be a further wait for the visa to actually be granted.

Originally Posted by BritInParis

It depends which country you apply in. Be mindful that most COs are locally-engaged members of staff which means they are not necessarily trusted in the same way an Australian DIBP employee posted from Australia would be.

Generally speaking in a low risk country like the UK the CO will process an application from start to finish and, beyond a random quality sample after the visa has been granted, no-one else will be involved.

In a high risk country, where locally engaged staff aren't quite so trustworthy, then they will process and assess the application, but it will be a senior Australia-based officer who will check the assessment and then grant the visa.

Originally Posted by Pollyana

Being a young couple has nothing to do with it. Older couples face the same issue when migrating, and its the same for many other countries too, check out the US Marriage Visa forum, for example.
The fact is that you could live together if you moved back to your home country, thats how DIBP would view it. The fact that you choose not to is up to you - they don't view it as keeping people apart. May sound unfair but thats the way migration works i'm afraid.

Originally Posted by johnonthemove

I married an Australian citizen in Australia 26 years ago. Got a spousal visa and returned to live in Australia some years later. When my visa was about to expire my application for renewal was refused until I played their game of demonstrating that I was a useful member of Australian society.

I had my own business in Australia, paid tax there and did volunteer work as well. I did get my visa renewed, but it was a bit of a worrying few weeks.

Good luck.

Originally Posted by Faiq

I have applied for My wife visit Visa seems like Partner Visa take longer than expected time, however when I applied they are asking for Bio metric and Bond fees . she already done there Bio metric for partner visa.Should I write them to use same Bio metric or its requirement to do Bio metric for each visa.

Originally Posted by Pollyana

No idea. Most people on here applying for tourist or Spouse Visas are from the UK and there is no biometric requirement. You need to get your wife to ask her CO.

Originally Posted by Faiq

Thanks Pollyana you are really very helpful must appreciate that .

Their is some more drama and twist in my partner visa case Embassy called my wife and asked for medical again as previous medical is expired.
last month they asked for form 815 and case gone to final decision maker . now after 1 month saying medical is expired again go for medical

simply don't understand why not they asked for medical when transfer to Final decision maker , medical take another 1 month to process

this is why they written

"This email is to inform you that your client's pervious medical was not
completely clear as there was no chest x-ray. Medical got expired in 6
months and now she needs to do her medical again. I am attaching a medical letter in this email through which she can do her medical again"

Originally Posted by Pollyana

What they are saying is that there was no Xray done, therefore they could not clear the medical. The Xray and the medical have to be done at around the same time. By the look of that message they have had the medical, but not the Xray.
If your wife did do the Xray I suggest you ask the CO if they received it, and if they didn't your wife will need to take that up with whatever clinic did it.

Otherwise she needs to do the medical again, and this time make sure she does the Xray as well.

Originally Posted by Faiq

Obviously she has done X-ray test as medical referral document that X-ray was ticked , also she was refereed to special for further medical checks regarding chest x-ray
last month Embassy asked for form 815 and advise us no other document required case has been forward to decision maker than after 1 month they realize and asking again for medical . Problem is last medical take around 3 month to complete due to further medical test .

if medical was going to expire than why they forward this for final decision maker , this is unnecessary delay again undergo medical than forward again for final decision maker this really a killer