Hi All,

I applied for a 175 visa for an asco code on the CSL (Java Specialist) on June 17th. Ideally, we would love to relocate to Sydney in March of next year but are not tied to the city or time.

I have read much on this forum as well as monitoring timelines on BeUdate as well as PomsInOZ and am confused/torn if I should go for state sponsorship or not. We thing we want Sydney but it'd be a shame to limit ourselves if not necessary. Who knows, maybe my dream job is in Melbourne?

My question for the group is if the gut feel is a visa on the CSL will not be granted within 9 months of application.

Looking at the timelines it seems 175 CSL applications are getting a CO after ~5 months?

Any thought would be appreciated!

-- Grant