Is my application taking too long?

[itsme]

Originally Posted by ellisa

Hi Richie, just to let you know that we applied for a visa 176 on 29/01/09 and were still waiting for a decision. Everything is passed/met so just need a nice big 'yes' you've got it!!!!. Its mind boggling, just waiting..i think this is the hardest part of the process as its like sitting in limbo with your life on hold. Lets hope we here soon-good-luck.

hi ellisa,

same here. everything is 'met' since first week of june but no visa yet. you're right its really the hardest part...THE WAITING! but can't do anything but wait..

since when did your status changed to "met"?

[ellisa]

Originally Posted by ddavid

Hi Ellisa that is an awfully long wait on a 176
what state sponsored you and how long have u documents details been changed to "met"

Hi ddavid, We were sponsered by Queensland and everything was met on 02/06/09, which to be honest was a long wait on its own...now just waiting again!!

[ellisa]

Originally Posted by itsme

hi ellisa,

same here. everything is 'met' since first week of june but no visa yet. you're right its really the hardest part...THE WAITING! but can't do anything but wait..

since when did your status changed to "met"?

Hi itsme, Ours changed to met on the 02/06/09, when did you lodged your visa? Lets hope we don't have to wait too much longer.

[richie colton]

hi david , how long does it usually take as i sent my papers in july last year as a 175 skilled visa but was advised in march to change to a 176 state sponser, does the the months i spent as 175 count for anything, or am i starting from scratch again as i applied on april first for state sponsered visa for melbourne?

[richie colton]

thank you for the support it is horrible all this waiting, we have heard nothing in a long time, the visa agent keeps prolonging the dates saying any day now a, still no word of a case officer!!!!

[kevoh76]

Originally Posted by richie colton

Hi Dolly, my name is richie i am 28yr old irish guy and i am in the process of getting a visa, a state sponsered visa for victoria, originaly i had skilled migration visa but because of the recession my agent advised me to change it to state sponsered visa, i am getting worried as it is taking very long as i originaly applied last july 16 and was told i would have my skilled visa in febuary . so i moved to south africa to be with my girlfiend in january, she has been accepted in the university in melbourne,on may 5th we married as we wanted to make a commitment to each other that no matter what happens we are still tgether, on april 1st we changed visa to sponsered visa on advise of our agent, it is june now and they are telling me to be patient, is this normal time or are we being taken for a ride, it has been nearly a year now since i first applied, is this taking too long? my wife could bring me as her spouse but her fees are huge, we really want permanent visa as it will ease the fees, we have spwent 4,500 euros on this so far. could you tell what is the work situation in oz is like also.

Hi mate - I found the best option was to phone the Visa office. I phoned Adelaide this morning (+61 1300 364 613 for outside Oz) at 8.59am oz central time, gave my passport number and was told that no decision would be made until July (I am on a 175). This despite being assigned a CO and final docs (medicals/xrays etc) being submitted on the 19th May and being told at the time an answer would b in in 3-4 weeks. The guy told me it was something to do with the new visa year starting in July (?)... This may not be the same situation for u, but phoning gave me a (kind of) peace of mind. Good luck

[itsme]

Originally Posted by ellisa

Hi itsme, Ours changed to met on the 02/06/09, when did you lodged your visa? Lets hope we don't have to wait too much longer.

we lodged our application March last year. Originally as subclass 175 and changed to state sponsored on February 2009. we were allocated to our CO last April and status changed to MET on June 4.

lets just hope and pray that it will not take that long....


Good Luck for both of us! and hope to see you in Australia soon.

[anj1976]

Hi

I am sorry but you did not say if you got the state sponsorship, I think I missed it if you did mention it in your posts.

From what I heard, Victoria has been turning down applications for state sponsorship for no reason even for skill in their list.

The visa processing timeline right now is erratic. No one can say what visa subclass would take how long but once you do have your state sponsorship, it takes 3-6 months to get the visa. the CO is allocated in a month to two months and the rest of the formalities takes anothe couple of months.

I am in the same boat as u. We applied in September 08, applied for ACT sponsorship in April(Mid) and are still waiting to hear from them. Waiting can be a pain

Cheers
and do keep us updated on how things go

ANj

[richie colton]

cant get any info from visa agent, they keep prolonging everything, every month they say that they should be hearing something soon but this has been going on for months????????

[richie colton]

hey kev thanks for the info, just wondering where can i get the number for the visa office in melbourne?