Hi Expats, If there is anyone in the group who recently applied for a 485 post-study work visa recently, how long is it taking? I am asking as I was given a bridging C and I cannot work until a decision is taken on it. TIA for your responses.

Hi All, i have 2 questions, if someone can help I recently got my PR in July-18, traveled in Aug-18 for first entry, stayed 15 days. Questions: 1- A friend told me that if i come back again within 90 days of my last departure date, the period from first departure date to last exit will be...

Hello all, My 457 Visa was lodged on 16 Jan 2017 and it is still in the queue without any updates. Is there anyone who had lodged a visa in a similar time or slightly earlier and got it? Or have you got any news/update on time frame? Looking forward to your replies. Thanks,

Hi, I needed to understand the time frame taken for assessment by the vetassess. I will be applying for ANZSCO Code: 232411. Any idea about this. Thanks and appreciate your response!

hi my wife has applied spouse visa from india last 2014 november . now and then i did not get any msg from case officer .. i wonder if anyone could tell the reason for delaying as it took 11 months so far .. thanks for your time Thiyagu

HI , I currently have an IT job in India and received my VISA grant letter on 13th May. If i get a job offer , what is the expected time in which i need to join for most of the companies? I am not planning to leave my current job. Once i get an offer, i will resign from my company. Companies...

Hi all, I finally had my appointment this morning at the French Consulate of NY. Things were kind of crazy in there for other people, but I seemed to do fine. I went in for a long stay but after my representative (what is the official term for the people working at the consulate? Haha) looked at...

Hello , Could anyone give me an estimated timeframe to get a PR based on FSW, like a break down how long it would take for the WES and how long it would take for the application to go through. etc. Thank again..

I have got my fee debited on Feb 18th. I have not received my CID number till date. How long will it take usually to get the CID number after fee debit from engineers Australia? They have mentioned that they will send CID through ordinary post. So how long will it take to reach india? Please...

Dear Friends , I have lodge my application on 4th Jan 2013 and untill now we have got alot of questions from Case officer and answered all nicely and correctly and still asked not to do medical checkup unless asked by the department . Since another few days the time frame is gonna be exceed ...

Hey everyone, I have a question that I need some advice on. My fiance is an Australian national, I'm British, and we have been seeing each other for almost 2 years. We have lived in the UK since Feb 2012 and have decided it's time to go back to Australia and I'm curious to know about time...

Hello Everyone, I am new to this forum and recently launched my ACS SS application. In 4 days (16th June to 20th June), I am on 4th step which is probably the main assessment period they take. Can anyone share recent experience that how much time they are taking in this step? Thanks.

Hello friends, I am going to apply for Skilled Independent (subclass 189) visa. I wanted to know how much time it will take to grant me visa started from skill assessment though ACS? Thanks in advance.:confused:

Hi, This is my first post in this forum and I intend to be a active member now on. I recently got my ACS assessment positive for job code 263111. I have also cleared my IESLTS with 7 in each band. Now I have 70 points. The job code 26311 is available in general SOL as well as in Victoria...

Hi There I'm a newbie to the thread and have sent my postal application away for my ILR about a month ago :eek: but after having read all the advise to do a personal ILR application at a PEO I am now left wondering...:confused: Is it possible to request that your application be returned in order...

Hi, About 5 or 6 years ago my sister and I inherited property in France that belong to our father. Shortly after his demise we met with the Notaire and had it split accordingly, however I know as an ex-pat/ foreigner you must wait 10 years after the purchase of the house to be able to resell...

Hey everyone! I keep feeling like I'm spamming this community with my personal issues. I'm sorry about that. I'm just wondering about when I should start REALLY worrying. So, I applied for my long stay visitor visa last week. I know I should have applied for it earlier, but I'd been trying...

Hi all, I'm new to this site and would appreciate advice on regional visa. I'm an experienced professional and did my student visa work to Nz on my own. But I'm very confused about the regional visa process in Oz, so much that I don't know which form to fill.Appropriate links would be highly...

Hey guys, My sister is getting married to an Australian PR and would be applying for a Spouse visa in Nov,09 this year. Do we know usual time frames for processing spouse visa applications , note she is planning to add our parents as her dependents in her application . Any ideas how much time...

DIAC have just made changes in their skill migration program and introduced a new occupations list named as CRITICAL SKILL LIST. Any one whose occupation is on this list will be given preferences on others. So, what would be new time frame according to this new list?? Share your experiences...