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[anandsushil]

My Initial State ( )

Appying State/Country Delhi/India
Agent Used Yes

ACS application lodged: Dec/2008
ACS result: Feb/2009

DIAC Application lodged (175 CSL): 16th March 2009
CO assigned and requested Meds/PCC: 23rd July 2009
Meds/PCC/Other Docs done: 03rd August 2009

Visa Grant (Target Achieved) : 16th Sep 2009

Must Enter Before: 03rd August 2010

Planning to well before March 2010

[Aurita]

Moving from: India, Bangalore
No agent used but lots of help from Expat forum
Visa type applied for: Class VE, subclass 176 Skilled - Sponsored
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO): 1299-11, Research and Devt Mgr
Date & description:
Application filed with NSW Victoria for SS ; refused
Application filed with ACT on 30th April 2009
State Sponsorship received from ACT on 23rd July 2009
Application filed with DIAC on 6th Aug 2009
CO assigned 17th August 2009, additional documents requested for verification of qualifications and work experience of primary and secondary applicant, and PCC and Meds
Medicals taken on 29th August
Medicals received by DIAC on 8th Sept
Police Clearance Check (PCC) uploaded on 11th Sept
Visa conditions: PR visa received on 22nd Sept, State Sponsored by ACT
Area migrating to: Canberra / ACT

[cooldude]

Hi all,

Below is my time line
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Moving from:India

Visa type applied for: 175

Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO):
25/09/08 - CSL/MODL,ACS (C,C++,C#) application with help from Agent
25/10/08 - CSL/MODL,ACS (C,C++,C#) assessment result

Date & description:
29/10/08 - 175 Online application on own
10/2/09 - Application processed further
10/3/2009 - MED FL & rec
PCC FL,HR - India,
25/05/09 - CO assigned
25/05/09 - Additional Docs req. original Birth certificate, wife's ielts score or pay fees
10/07/09 - Wife cleared IELTS,
11/07/09 - Submitted wife's IELTS result ,
25/08/09 - Self interview from local Australian Consulate,
15/09/09 - Additional docs req for experince claimed,
21/09/09 - Submitted payslip, Bank statment and exp letter,
26/09/09 - Application approved
9/3/2010 - Entry Before Date

Visa conditions: Approved

Area migrating to: Sydney/Perth But depends where I get the job.

Personal front: family of 4 (2 + 2 kids - 7 yrs boy and 3 yrs Girl)

It was pleasure to be on this forum and have learnt entire process of applying to Oz land here. Very resourceful website, helpful people and very active moderators.

Keep up good job guys. Anybody needs any help on application process I will try my best to help you out. I will be around as now I have to start looking for job, place to stay, the resign current job and plan to move to Oz land. Hope to talk/meet some of you there in Oz land.

Enjoy your filling process.

Thanks and Regards
CD

[jrana33]

Moving fromubai, UAE

Visa type applied for: Spouse Sponsorship Visa

Date & description:
16/11/08 - Application handed over to the VFS Centre in dubai
10/04/09 - Police Clearance and Medical sent (They didnt ask for it, i thought this would speed up the process)
26/07/2009 - CO assigned and asked for more document
08/08/09 - All documents sent to Australian consulate in dubai
15/09/09 - Email received from Australian consulate that the visa has been approved
28/09/09 - Will be going to get the visa stamped

Will be moving to australian by January 2010. My husband lives here in dubai and it was extremly kind of the consulate to give the visa.

[sanjiyan]

Moving from: UK

Visa type applied for: General Skilled Migration - 176 (Family Sponsorship)

Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO):
2231-79 (CSL/MODL : Network Security & Linux/Unix Specialist)

Date & description:
05/06/2009: ACS application sent
02/07/2009: ACS approval received
06/08/2009: GSM-176 visa application submitted
06/08/2009: Submitted all relevant documents (excluding medicals and police check)
08/08/2009: Acknowledgement of visa application
06/10/2009: Contacted ASPC, confirmed visa is under CSL processing, and unofficially informed that a case officer was assigned 2 days ago!

Visa conditions:
Nothing yet

Area hopefully migrating to: Victoria - Melbourne - Noble Park (grandparents live there)


Regards,
Andy

[manish1980]

Moving from: INDIA
Visa type applied for: Online 175 + CSL + MODL - IT Professional (Siebel CRM)
Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO): 2231-79
Applied: 24/4/2009
CO Allocated: 1/10/2009
Meds/PCC Sent: 25/10/2009
Granted : 11/4/2009
Visa conditions: FIRST ENTRY BEFORE OCT 2010
Area migrating to: NOT DECIDED

[farazfaheem]

what is CO??

[anj1976]

CO=case officer

[sanjiyan]

Moving from: UK

Visa type applied for: General Skilled Migration - 176 (Family Sponsorship)

Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO):
2231-79 (CSL/MODL : Network Security & Linux/Unix Specialist)

Date & description:
05/06/2009: ACS application sent
02/07/2009: ACS approval received
06/08/2009: GSM-176 visa application submitted
06/08/2009: Submitted all relevant documents (excluding medicals and police check)
08/08/2009: Acknowledgement of visa application
06/10/2009: Contacted ASPC, confirmed visa is under CSL processing, and unofficially informed that a case officer was assigned 2 days ago!
26/10/2009: Medicals received by DIAC
03/11/2009: PPC received and acknowledged by DIAC
03/11/2009: eVISA check still does not say if a C/O was assigned.
09/11/2009: Email/Letter from DIAC - Class VE, subclass 176 Skilled - Sponsored - Granted

Went straight from no case officer assigned (on eVisa check) to granted.

Visa conditions:
Permanent resident - Status: In effect - Enter before: 28/10/2010

Area hopefully migrating to: Victoria - Melbourne - Noble Park (grandparents live there)


Regards,
Andy

[satpal123]

Moving from: Bahrain

Visa type applied for: 175

Australian Standard Classification of Occupations (ASCO):
2231-79 (CSL/MODL : .Net Technologies)

Date & description:
12-June-2009: ACS application sent
18-Aug-2009: ACS approval received
28-Sept-2009: GSM-175 visa application submitted
28-Sept-2009: Submitted all relevant documents (excluding medicals and police check)
13-Oct-2009: Acknowledgement of visa application

Visa conditions: Nothing yet

Area hopefully migrating to: Victoria - Melbourne