Lodged in April 15, 2018 with 80 points, with spouse as secondary applicant. No CO contact yet.
Visa Grant Delay 189
What is the stream that you applied for?
Hi Vishal
I really appreciate your patience, waiting for 02 years , but why doesnât the DHA team understand that our life comes to stand still, as there are so many decisions which are pending bcoz of our 189 / 190 cases , practically this process is of 2-4 years, where in we cannot concentrate on our work / life / family / finance , so many decisions are pending bcoz of the grant .
I hope these DHA people also understand the importance of our time and I sincerely pray we get our Grants, there should be some way the AU should prioritise this process ands close all grants in 4-6 months and not make ppl wait for 18-24 months , I hope we have some way where we can express our concern to them
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Use the waiting time to save money! Living in Australia without a job will deplete your savings in no time. Even if you get the visa, applying for a job from overseas even with a PR wonât be easy!
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hello All - Today I received my grant + (wife and kid) on 03 FEB 2020. Here are my details.
261313 - Software Engineer.
- Invited - March 2019;
- Lodged - 12 MAR 2019;
- Co Contact - 31 DEC 2019 to add my new born and CO asked to do my kids medicals;
- Responded to CO - 7 JAN 2020;
- Grant : 3 FEB 2020;
- IED : 3 FEB 2021
This forum has been a great source of information and motivation to stay positive. I wish good luck to everyone and stay positive. You will see the email in your inbox very soon. Once again thanks to all the selfless people in this forumâŠyou guys rock !!!
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Congrats, hopefully we all get there soon.
Lodge means you just applied EOI or you have got the invitation⊠I asked my MARA agent that we should do PCC and medical proactively. He said all this we do after getting invite. April 15, 2018 is like almost 2 years⊠its like limit⊠here people have shared few links or emails⊠send mail and feedback every where. You have full right to ask⊠its been almost 2 years
I have tried all that. Below are the steps I took:
Wrote feedback mail to DHA, Wrote to ombudsman, Called DHA and mentioned my case number and complained about long wait times
All I get is a generic response. Not sure what to do apart from this
To everyone still waiting, especially from 2018 and January/February 2019, please donât get discouraged. Your grant will come. Also good thing the pace of 189 has picked up significantly. Those months when there was no movement were tough months. So again I say stay strong. Your grant is on the way, unless youâve overclaimed points or something serious.
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Very easy to say. But difficult to follow. I have been waiting for close to 2 years now for a CO contact. Also, as for over claiming points, its unclear till you receive the invite, not after that.
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Have you even read your past comments that even caused this thread to be locked and the offensive words you used to describe the citizens of the country youâre desperately trying to get into?
And how is encouraging people to save up for the big move while waiting for the visa a negative thing? You will still need funds even while looking for a full time job. Those part time jobs youâre talking about will not land in your feet when you arrive at the airport.
. So if you decide to put your life â on holdâ waiting for the visa thatâs your choice.
Congratulations anubha, finally your wait is over. May I ask who was your CO assigned, I got two CO contacts one from Simone and other from Lisa, also is it possible for you to get the no. you contacted from your friend. I am in Aus atm so may be I can contact them as well. Thanks
Hi Guys, I just got the PR grant. Thanks everyone who shared their thoughts and experience in this forum. It was really helpful. As I need to surprise my wife I deleted my case in the tracker. I will update it back tonight. Wish you all good luck.
Lodged date -12/02/2019 CO contacted for AFP and wifeâs PCC -24/06/2019 Granted - 04/02/2020
Note - My Sri Lankan PCC was expired on Oct 2019. But they did not ask to renew it.
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Congrat!! You wait nearly 1 year, you deserve it! I hope I can get grant these days submitted at 16th Jul 2019. hahahha
One grant reported for 18july lodged. Fingers crossed, I have lodged on 18th July
you submitted EOI or lodged PR form after invitation on 18th July?
bro u applied ur self or did u get some agents forward ur case?
well his case is out of the world imagine what will happen to us
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hahaha, i just chatted with a pakistani on facebook, heâs onshore and waiting for 190 since 21 nov 2018
can u imagine that ?
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