I know that there's a site dedicated to Aussie immigration timelines (Austimeline), but it'd be good to see some of our members' ones here.

MrPR and I haven't started the process yet (we're still in the gather up evidence stage), so I can't post one :depressed: , however I know that loads of you have either completed yours or are in the process.

Anybody?

Would love to add one but were still waiting on our TRA. :rant: :rant: :rant:

Timelines vary a lot - depending on how DIMIA feel ....

Anyway, here is our timeline:

26/01/05 Sent skills assessment
15/02/05 ICAA charge credit card
11/03/05 Rec'd pos. skills assessm.
07/04/05 Visa app lodged at ASPC (DIMIA)
11/04/05 DIMIA charge credit card; email reference number
20/06/05 Applied for PCCs (unrequested)
06/07/05 PCCs rec'd; sent to agent 11/7; arrived with DIMIA ASPC 23/7
05/07/05 & 11/7/05 Meds done unrequested
14/07/05 Meds sent; arrived DIMIA Sydney 18/7/05
19/07/05 PCCs and 1022 request by CO
20/07/05 1022 sent
12/08/05 CO wants name change info; sent 15/8/05
23/09/05 Got the visa!
28/09/05 Passports sent to the AHC in London
08/10/05 Passports back from AHC with visa labels on front page!!!

Gina

My timeline goes a little like this...

March 5 2004 – sent first instalment to Agent.
March 10 2004 – TRA app forms and instruction arrive from Agent
June 10 2004 – Sent off TRA application
June 15 2004 – TRA application lodged
October 21 2004 – TRA approval
February 2 2005 – VISA application lodged with DIMIA
February 17 2005 – Credit Card debited by DIMIA and agent second instalment
May 10 2005 – Police check and Medical requested by DIMIA
July 4 2005 – Xray and blood tests for Medical
July 14 2005 – Medicals undertaken and sent to DIMIA
July 20 2005 – Police CC sent to DIMIA
September 8 2005 – DIMIA request $100K Capital Investment

House is on the market need to sell to raise the cash for the cap invest then visas should follow after about 6 weeks.

Here's my timeline:

Skilled Independent 136 Visa Timeline :)

07/06/05 - Nursing Transcripts requested for ANMC
08/06/05 - Transcripts sent to ANMC!
09/06/05 - Sent request for verification of reg to NMC
10/06/05 - Transcripts sent to WA & QLD
21/06/05 - Verified in ANMC and 4 states of Australia!
16/08/05 - Posted App off to WA Nurses Board
07/09/05 - WA Registered!
01/10/05 - Police check applications sent
03/10/05 - ANMC Skills assessment posted
15/10/05 - Credit card charged by ANMC for skills assessment :excited:

We are still in the evidence gathering stage (well, the thinking about gathering evidence stage...lol) In the New Year it will be full steam ahead!!

be interested to see the costs too........?

07/04/05 - TRA sent
28/04/05 - Acknowledged
02/06/05 - TRA accepted 4431-11 gen plumber
14/06/05 - Application lodged 136 MODL with PCC
20/06/05 - Application acknowledged
24/06/05 - Meds sent unrequested
08/08/05 - Sydney confirmed meds arrived
06/09/05 - Got a CO yipee, oh shite he's requesting more info
15/10/05 - Extra info sent to CO
27/10/05 - Visa granted :excited:

Hope this is of help :thumb:

Contacted first agent Nov 2004 - total TRA balls up :cry:

17-06-2005 submitted TRA - Plumber (MODL) using Glenn Newton
10-08-2005 applied for police certs
15-08-2005 TRA approved (second attempt mind!!)
21-08-2005 meds done unrequested
24-08-2005 136 lodged by agent - George Lombard
13-09-2005 acknowledgement received
13-09-2005 meds and police certs sent to agent
15-09-2005 credit card charged

Hope Santa brings us something nice :crossfingers:

Nov 5 2005 Congratulations hamper rec'd from Agent - which was nice :)
Oct 27 2005 Visa granted
Sep 8 2005 Capital Investment requested
Aug 17 2005 Finally got the Aus Fed Police Certs
Jul 21 2005 Medicals signed for at LCU
Jul 18 2005 Medicals Sent
Jul 6 2005 Aus Fed Police certs applied for
Jun 28 2005 Police Certificates Sent
Jun 16 2005 Medicals Requested
Jun 10 2005 Acknowledgement Received
Mar 9 2005 Application recieved by DIMIA


Agent used ASA Group - Perth

I can't remember our exact timeline but from the time our application was sent to the DIMIA it took 13 weeks and 6 days for our visa to be approved. We applied for the Skilled independent 136 visa and were on the MODL. We started the whole process in March (when we first appointed our agent) so in total it took 9 months.

In the last weeks before approval, I checked that damn austimeline site nearly every day, for any glimmer of hope that things were progressing faster than I hoped and then it happened. If it can for us, it can for anyone, although I would say that the key is to have every shred of paper you can possibly think of certified and sent along with your application to support it. We also frontloaded our medicals and pcc's.

Good luck everyone.

Contributory Parent visa -- For anyone waiting, we've just had our grant letter - :P 9months 6days total processing time.
S :bar: :beercheers:

Sept 05 applied for 1st TRA
Oct 05 failed TRA :angry:
Dec 05 applied 2nd TRA
Jan 06 passed 2nd TRA :D

Feb 13th Visa application Ack 136 MODL
PC's sent 20th Feb 06

Meds Frontloaded 11th April


wait for it

wait for it



4th MAY 06 VISA GRANTED 2MONTHS 22 DAYS OR 11 WEEKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D

8 months in total!!!! from 1st TRA to visa grant

Here's our timeline - 136 MODL

TRA Feb 06 (can't remember exact date but we paid for faster processing & got approval in 10 days)

Xrays done 27/2/06

Meds done 14/3/06 - sent to Sydney on 22/3/06 (took 1 month to get appointment)

Police check received 9/4/06 (took 20 days)

Application sent 4/5/06

Application acknowledged 24/5/06 - informed would be 4-5 months for CO to be assigned

Phone call last night to say visa grated - 5 weeks !!!!!!!!!!??????
(have until 27/2/07 to validate)

Our timeline is...

Lodged TRA through George Lombard in May 2005.
Approved nine weeks later.
Lodged visa application through George Lombard in August 2005.
Medicals, etc. requested on 17 March 2006.
Visa granted on 26 May 2006. Yippee!!!!!!!

Now flights booked for 15 September!!! :cool:

Hi there as said before timelines are all different just depends on what profession your in and what visa you are applying for?

Ours was a PR (permanent Resisdent) visa, hubby was on the MODL list as a carpenter.

Got agent round Oct 04 gave us all the info, said we had enough points so after xmas Feb 05 we started the TRA process. They wanted BLOOD,

Sent TRA application 30th July 2005

Approved 30th sept 2005

sent PR application Dec 2005 (main application)

April 2006 received instructions from case officer for meds and police checks and they also wanted new passports for all 6 of us plus"defacto relationship" information. they wanted this by end june, but we asked for more time.

all info sent 1st Agust 2006

received visas 19th August 2006 HOORAY! AT LAST :more:


GOOD LUCK

SOUS

Here's our time line Family Sponsor 138

Sent TRA (Painter & Decorator) 13th July 2006 Approved 8th August 2006

Sending visa application soon.