mirandrich

Hi all

I'm dual nationality (Brit and Aus). We are planning to move to Aus next year sometime. We are both doctors and will have no problems finding work out there.

So we have filled in the online application for husband to get a spouse visa (we've been together 10 years and married 4). We paid the fee (over $3000 Aussie!) and then I filled in the sponsor form and submitted.

My questions:
1. Next to my sponsor form it says 'submitted', but next to his spouse visa it says 'in progress'. When will it change to 'submitted'?
2. When I go into his application, it has the opportunity to upload documents. Next to ALL of the documents, it says 'recommended'. None of them say 'required'.
- Which ones actually are required?
- Will the form change from 'in progress' to 'submitted' once we've uploaded one of the specific ones?
- Is the police check and health check required? Why does it just say recommended?
- I've actually already uploaded HEAPS of documents (e.g. Form 888s, photos, statements, etc). When will our application actually start being processed?

Thanks SO so much
Mir

Bermudashorts

I really would not worry about online status and what it says. People get visas granted without status ever changing. Provide evidence if your relationship, what do you think proves it? I would not have thought you would even need "heaps" of evidence in your situation so you have probably sent enough. Good evidence is proof of address, not piles of photos. You will need to do medicals and police checks.

I believe this visa is taking about 9 monts to process.

Pollyana

As already stated, don't get hung up on what the oline status thing says!

Your husband will definitely need a full medical and relevant police checks
As for the others - use the Partner Booklet as a guide, things like passport copies and birth certs are essential, but when it comes to the evidence of relationship there are far more possibilities.

Spouse Visas are on a 9 month turnaround in London at present.

gregster10217

We recently went through this, I am sponsoring my wife, and children, for a spouse visa. We had some required documents, but mainly recommended. We uploaded the required docs, and some of the recommended ones, but some of them are irrelevant to all visa applications, so we just ignored them. My sponsorship form still says 'in progress' and we submitted early January.

Have you had an email from a case worker yet? They will tell you what they want if you haven't provided it, and also when to get your medical done. We've also been told 8-9 months processing time, but have seen others being granted in less time.

BritInParis

Your Case Officer will be in touch once they are allocated your application. They will assess t and they will request anything extra they require to make a decision. Closer to the grant date they will request your medical and police checks as these have a limited validity. You are looking at 8-9 months from date of lodgement to grant for any applications submitted to London in this Australian financial year.

mirandrich

Thank you all so, so much. So reassuring and helpful.

I'll sit back for the time being and wait for the case manager to get in touch!

Thanks again!

Pollyana

Best approach at present They will let you know when they need anything, and unfortunately no amount of fretting will speed up the process - I know that, been there, seen it, lived it!!!

Sophielouise90

Hi, does anyone know roughly how long it takes from submitting an application to it being assigned to a CO?

Many thanks.

Pollyana

Only a few days usually. The CO will send you a receipt and an email detailing your lodgement date, expected timeline, and detils of other documents they need, and thats usually within a week.