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[cshah]

The idea of migrating to Australia conceived somewhere in Early OCTOBER 2011. My husband has been the primary applicant.
Applied for ACS (code 261313-Senior Software engineer)- 22nd November 2011
ACS Postive- 14th Dec 2011
IELTS Given 10th or 11th January 2012 (do not remember the exact date)
IELTS Results - 21st January (Over all 7.5)
Applied for Vic SS- 13th Feb 2012 (My Husband and myself were bit confused on whether we should be going for 175 or 176..which took a little time post the IELTS. Finally decided to go for 176 and so we headed for vic ss)
Vic SS positive- 5th April 2012
176 Online- 11th April 2012 ( we had uploaded the documents by 13th April.
PCC front load- 13th April 2012
Meds front load- 20th April 2012 (just a tip-we had checked with the clinic authorized for medicals on the list of test that would be required for the visas. We actually got them done at our regular clinic to ensure things are fine. consulted our doc and then took appointment for the medicals)
CO allotted- 27th April 2012 (Here we get a mail from the CO that he hasn't received our documents except for the PCC and the Meds.we assumed there was a system error while we thought we had uploaded the documents. He also requested for form 999 and 80. This exchange of emails and uploading the documents took place till 2nd May 2012 )
Here comes the magical email- VISA GRANT- 3rd May 2012

[nakatago]

Originally Posted by cshah

The idea of migrating to Australia conceived somewhere in Early OCTOBER 2011. My husband has been the primary applicant.
Applied for ACS (code 261313-Senior Software engineer)- 22nd November 2011
ACS Postive- 14th Dec 2011
IELTS Given 10th or 11th January 2012 (do not remember the exact date)
IELTS Results - 21st January (Over all 7.5)
Applied for Vic SS- 13th Feb 2012 (My Husband and myself were bit confused on whether we should be going for 175 or 176..which took a little time post the IELTS. Finally decided to go for 176 and so we headed for vic ss)
Vic SS positive- 5th April 2012
176 Online- 11th April 2012 ( we had uploaded the documents by 13th April.
PCC front load- 13th April 2012
Meds front load- 20th April 2012 (just a tip-we had checked with the clinic authorized for medicals on the list of test that would be required for the visas. We actually got them done at our regular clinic to ensure things are fine. consulted our doc and then took appointment for the medicals)
CO allotted- 27th April 2012 (Here we get a mail from the CO that he hasn't received our documents except for the PCC and the Meds.we assumed there was a system error while we thought we had uploaded the documents. He also requested for form 999 and 80. This exchange of emails and uploading the documents took place till 2nd May 2012 )
Here comes the magical email- VISA GRANT- 3rd May 2012

Wow, that's fast. They ARE speeding up processing this time, it seems. Probably to catch up with the looming rules change this July?

[GettingThere]

OK, timeline below for me and my partner

Moving from: London, UK
Visa type applied for: 457 Business Long Stay
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO):261111 (ICT Business Analyst)
Date & description:
Jan 2012 - Started applying for jobs
Feb - May 2012 - Interviews with 3 companies
May 2012 - Offered job
29th May 2012 - Received job contract
9th June 2012 - Visa application submitted
June 21st 2012 - Visa granted
2nd August 2012 - Finish work
15th August - Fly
20th August - Start work!!!!!
Visa conditions: Health Insurance and have to remain in a nominated employment
Area migrating to: Sydney

[Flinty31]

Hi Kaz, can I please ask how much the emigration group charged you in fees etc? This is who I have started the process with, received my pack from them yesterday thanks, Jo

[felixis6]

Moving from:North Wales
Visa type applied for:176
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO):Chemist
Date & description: Visa applied for June 2012
medicals and police checks July
Daughters finalised 17th july
Husband still reading refered on xrays and bloods.sept 1st
Mine still reading refered xrays and bloods.sept3rd
2 sons still reading refered on medicals sept 2012.
Visa conditions:Waiting
Area migrating to:Perth

Offered state sponsorship for perth.
Im 36,husband is 37,Eldest son is 9,2nd son is 7 and my daughter will be 5 in dec.

[coraliers]

820 Onshore Partner Visa
Submitted 21.12.12 in person at Sydney office
Medicals submitted 30.12.12 in person at Sydney office
Visa granted 04.01.13

It was so quick and unexpected! Especially given the fees increase and backlog. Good luck!

[bukhari]

Moving from: Pakistan
Visa type applied for: 176
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO): Software Engineer (261313)
Date & description:

• IELTS Cleared: 8.5 band Feb/2011 (Guess this date)
  ACS Result Positive: Jun/2011
  NSW State Sponsorship received: 23/Nov/2011
  Applied: 28/Dec/2011
  CO: 18/Jan/2012
  Form 80 and other docs Submitted (Except PCC and Meds): 13/Feb/2012
  Form 80 and other Docs Resubmitted (Except PCC and Meds): 23/May/2012
  Form 80 marked as Received: 20/Aug/2012 (Last update from DIAC)
  Asked the status and it was told that application is under security checks.
  Still Waiting.

Visa conditions: Living first 2 years in NSW while working in occupation visa applied for.
Area migrating to: Sydney (NSW)

[jettdeepa]

Moving from: Bahrain
Visa type applied for: 190
ACWA: Welfare Worker applied :Oct 2013
ACWA Result Positive: Nov 2013
WA State Sponsorship received: Nov 2013
Invitation: Nov 2013
PCC and spouse Ielts: December 2012 and JAn 5. 2013
Applied: 19/Jan/2013
All docs including Forms 80 and 1221 uploaded on : 19th and 20th Jan 2013
Meds: the next week
CO and grant: 14/Feb/2013
Moving to: Perth in August

[S58cRenu]

Hey man, Congrats for receiving a CO before me with the 190 App. I app'ed as 189 on 7/1/13 and am yet to have a CO. Good LUCK to you mate.

[raheel78]

Here is my case history and current status. This month (May-2013), it has been 2 years since I applied for my 176 (VIC) submission.

Moving from: Pakistan
Visa type applied for: 176
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO): Computing and System Professional (NEC)
Date & description:

VIC sponsorship: 18 April 2011
Date Applied: 13 May 2011
File Ref: 14 May 2011
CO assigned: 21 Jun 2012
Form 80: 20/21 Jul 2012 (1st time submission)
Form 80: 22 Jul 2012 (re-submission)
Medics: not asked and submitted
PCC: not asked and submitted

Ask for status and got feedback that security check is in-progress....

Let us see...