Hi @J_kaur,
It’s 8th of October as per the first contract given. I am contracted through an agency to the existing company. But I couldn’t make it on 8th so went to the office on 9th. So, the agency changed it to 9th. But, my original amendment contract send me on the 4th of October 2018 say my start date as 8th of October 2018. Thank you.
It seems like DHA is going back in hibernation regarding 189 visa application… Too frustrating…
Non immitracker visa applicants Gonna get grants i think 
, who knows!
Yeah, might be. But statistically speaking, there should be a reflection of that on immitracker too…
U should go with your original joining date 9th As ur reference letter , agency and payslips all put 9th. Did u put 9th in Form 80? Only on EOI and existing contract is 8th.
If your CO questions it then u need to explain the one day difference , otherwise not !
Wait for other replies as well ! I hope u get ur grant soon .
Yaa true !
Hope for the grant mode again on Monday 
Hi @J_kaur,
Thank you so much for your quick response. I have only mentioned 8th of October in EOI. Else nowhere it is mentioned as 8th. Thank you.
I hope so too.
DHA UPDATED TODAY 189 visa processing times are 11-13 months
alas, I hope things get better. 
I feel the grants are also given based on eoi points. So far I have observed people with 80 points have got grants despite applying recently.
I don’t think so that’s the case. I applied on March 8, 2019 with 80 points, still waiting. Immigration does have some sort of criteria to sort out the application, not sure what that it.
I hv same scenario…no contact yet
I think occupation demand and scores If visa tracker would have points score column then we could be able to know the pattern
Well I think, all the march april etc. cases have been picked up… Demand and eoi points might be a criteria… But alas DHA sidelines many applications as well, for additional security, background and health checks. Thats where delays are caused for some applicants, while others get the grants, sooner. I applied with 85 point on 11 june 2019. A guy with the same point score who applied in Nov 2019 under same Anzsco code has already got the grant. I am still waiting.
What is your Anzsco code? Did you get any CO contact?
No, I did not get any CO contact. Anzsco code 242111.
Quite interesting story actually. I applied for 485 visa on 21 May 2019 and 189 on 11 June 2019. On 13 june 2019 I got CO contact for 485 application, asking to submit a detailed C.V. with all previous employments and details of tasks performed. After that 485 application went in “further processing”, still the same. When I asked sa temporary visa team, is the delay in 485 because of 189, as it has been 8 months now and for 485 applications maximum time for 90% cases is 4 months. They said “still security, health and background checks are being performed and I will hear back soon regarding my 485 application”. They did not comment on 189… Cheers
Hello Mohsen sorry to hear that. I read the other day about the refusal and there is a specific court in Australia that deals with these kind of stuff. You can represent yourself or hire a lawyer specialized in this. There will be one judge and if (s)he is convinced that the refusal was baseless, (s)he can send the case back to DHA and they cannot use the same excuse to refuse the visa again. Read here for more info: https://www.resultsmigration.com.au/blog/australian-visa-rejected/
Be careful, you have just a few weeks to object…
Best of luck…
Any grants reported today?
Its a super dry day…nothing on 189 since the last 2 days