The 190 and 489 visas do not appear to be affected by the same degree as 189. Both visas has several grants in September compared with only a few for 189. They are further processing applications in January / February, which indicates that these visas has almost caught up with the 189 visa. Maybe they are trying to align the three visas processing time-frames as part of their strategy to get more applications for rural Australia. There is further a major overhaul taking place at Home Affairs. Whichever reason, it remains extremely frustrating.
Visa Grant Delay 189
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184 days no CO contact status still recieved i know we gotta wait but its sooo hard … but it will all be worth it in the end!!! good luck everyone waiting lets hope things start moving soon😰
Cannot see your case here. What category have you lodged in?
i dont have my case uploaded im a defacto on my boyfriends visa … but hes a electrician were from ireland we lived in oz for 6 and half years came home to ireland two years ago hate it now trying to get PR to get nk over … got invitation in feb applied 10th of march medicals uploaded 10th april since then noting .
Hopefully before November
Just read it from ISCAH News site
“Our best guess is that with around 18000 visa applications (including family members) already lodged and undecided from the 2018/19 financial year, there is no need for DHA to issue many invites for a few months
DHA have a budget target of 18,625 grants less 2000 for NZ citizens. DHA have a backlog of 18000 cases. To reduce this to 10000 (so processing remains at 7 months average) we believe DHA will only want 9000 new applicants.”
This can mean that, there might be some good news for those who’ve already lodged a 189. However, the ones who are still struggling to get an invite, might have to hold tighter!
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ohh ok…let’s hope for the best!
ICT security specialist lodgment date 11 December 2018 with 70 points medical interview queries everything was done till may 2019 but still waiting to date.
Hi all…i hv seen many cases as their current status is INACTIVE while all the cases were active 2 days back…cant figure out why is it so…
Hi bro i lodged in feb 2019 and got a query to do medicals on may 6th done medicals by may 15 till now i did not get any reply from co or grant still waiting …
It’s because their case has not been updated for more than 68 days. They must have have received a reminder mail to activate their case again.
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Guys… The Global Processing Times were increased to from 8 to 9 months? Cannot believe it…
Hi Rohith, when you said “got a query to do medicals on May 6th”, that means you got CO contact after you lodged? Thanks
Yes i lodged in feb got query in may my medicals expired so asked to submit again
My situation is same. I have applied 189 on April 10, and there is no update yet.
same here , applied 189 on March 20th, still waiting.
Hello Guys,
Half of Sep is over and the conditions seems to be worse as compared to Aug. No grant till date.This is really frustrating me now.Has any one contacted the immigration team or has anyone completed 8 to 9 months from the time visa was applied so that that person can contact or lodge a complaint against DOha.
In November 11 i will raise the complaint, once i have 8 months… Of course if the processing times don’t change.
As you have said Priya, really frustrating…
Can’t see your case here. What category have you applied?
Hello! I have applied offshore for the 189 Visa (75 Pts) as a Mechanical Engineer.
The application acknowledgement was on March 9, 2019.