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Posts: 888Member
Joined: Apr 27, 2015
Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
261311 - Analyst Programmer | Age: 30 | Education: 15 | Australian Education: 5 | English Proficiency: 20 | NAATI CCL: 5 | Professional Year: 5 | Total: 80
Timeline:
26 Oct 2015 - Visa 573 Granted
01 Nov 2015 - The Eagle has landed
02 Nov 2015 - First Day High
15 Feb 2017 - Hubby and Bubba joined me in Melbourne
01 Dec 2017 - Graduated Masters!
21 Mar 2018 - Visa 485 Granted
20 Feb 2019 - Sat NAATI CCL Exam in Adelaide
21 Mar 2019 - ACS Skills Assessment Positive, Qualification has been assessed as comparable to an AQF Master Degree with a Major in computing.
23 Apr 2019 - Medicals Cleared - No actions required
29 Apr 2019 - Submitted EOI for 189
11 Jul 2019 - ITA received
23 Jul 2019 - Lodged Visa 189! Speaking life over our PR application ♡
04 Feb 2020 - CO Michael Contact (Asking for Evidence of NAATI CCL pass document, Status: Initial Assessment)
04 Feb 2020 - Responded to CO Contact, attached evidence of NAATI CCL documents (Status: Further Assessment)
04 Feb 2020 - Provided Compliment Feedback via DHA website
06 Feb 2020 - Received Feedback Acknowledgement email from CO Sebastian
06 Feb 2020 - Golden Visa Grant! PRAISE GOD!
08 Apr 2022 - Received Citizenship Interview & Test Appointment letter
27 Apr 2022 - Australian Citizenship by Conferral approved
20 July 2022 - Australian Citizenship Oath Taking Whitehorse Council
Posts: 4Member
Joined: Jul 06, 2016
Posts: 42Member
Joined: May 28, 2016
Wag mawalan ng pag asa, trust everything to GOD
Posts: 108Member
Joined: May 19, 2016
Posts: 2,144Member, Moderator
Joined: Sep 14, 2015
233211 Civil Engineer
30/09/15 - VETASSESS Lodged - 133112 Project Builder
09/10/15 - IELTS Results: L-7.5, R-7.0, W-6.0, S-7.5 OBS-7.0
19/10/15 - PTE A Results: L-82, R-74, S-90, W-76 OAS-79
26/11/15 - Obtained NBI Clearance
09/12/15 - VETASSESS Results - NEGATIVE!!!
12/01/16 - Submitted CDR to Engineers Australia
22/01/16 - EA Positive Results - Bachelor's Degree with 4 years 8 months skilled employment
22/01/16 - Lodged EOI 189 (60pts)
03/02/16 - Received 189 ITA
11/02/16 - Health Clearance Provided - No Action Required
18/02/16 - Obtained SG CoC
26/02/16 - Lodged 189 Visa
15/03/16 - Direct Grant - IED 11/02/2017
25/05/16 - Big Move Perth!
16/06/16 - Started Casual Work
11/07/16 - Permanent Full-time Work
Now for the Citizenship Journey
26/08/2019 - Applied and acknowledgement letter received
27/09/2019 - Test Email Invite for 19/12/2019
01/10/2019 - Actual Test/Interview Date
01/10/2019 - Approval Date (received the approval letter from the post 11/10/2019)
05/02/2020 - Ceremony Date (received the email 10/01/2020)
Posts: 42Member
Joined: May 28, 2016
May 4- application in flinders university
May 11 - conditionally approved in school since no ielts/pte exam taken
May 30 - took PTE exam
June 7 - PTE result AOS 72 ( 58 PASSING)
june 11 - medical
June 20 - COE received
june 20 - lodgment of visa
June 21 - medical clearance
june 27 - emailed agent for follow-up for an update
june 28 - received an email from the agent regarding the acknowledgement receipt, AR dated june 21
SVP 573 masters in social work w/ agent aecc cebu, with wife as dependent
July 7 -morning status in VFS was change but no email notification received by agent. Around 5pm received an email regarding VISA grant from CO Lulu
july 18 - start of classes
"God has perfect timing, never early, never late. It takes a little patience and a whole lot of FAITH.... but it's worth the wait "
Posts: 60Member
Joined: Jun 10, 2016
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Posts: 42Member
Joined: May 28, 2016
@athena12 master in social work po
Posts: 19Member
Joined: Jun 14, 2016
Posts: 109Member
Joined: Mar 26, 2015
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Joined: Jun 14, 2016
Posts: 33Member
Joined: Jul 08, 2016
June 25 - received letter of offer
June 27 - paid tuition fee deposit and OSHC
June 29 - Received eCoE
June 30 - Medical Exam (P6000 for X-ray, urinalysis and checkup)
July 1 - Lodged visa application under Subclass 500
July 8 - received medical clearance
July 12 - Visa Grant
I wish you all the best of luck!!
Spreading the good vibes!
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Joined: Apr 01, 2016
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Joined: May 19, 2016
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Joined: Jul 08, 2016
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Joined: Apr 24, 2015
Posts: 2,144Member, Moderator
Joined: Sep 14, 2015
233211 Civil Engineer
30/09/15 - VETASSESS Lodged - 133112 Project Builder
09/10/15 - IELTS Results: L-7.5, R-7.0, W-6.0, S-7.5 OBS-7.0
19/10/15 - PTE A Results: L-82, R-74, S-90, W-76 OAS-79
26/11/15 - Obtained NBI Clearance
09/12/15 - VETASSESS Results - NEGATIVE!!!
12/01/16 - Submitted CDR to Engineers Australia
22/01/16 - EA Positive Results - Bachelor's Degree with 4 years 8 months skilled employment
22/01/16 - Lodged EOI 189 (60pts)
03/02/16 - Received 189 ITA
11/02/16 - Health Clearance Provided - No Action Required
18/02/16 - Obtained SG CoC
26/02/16 - Lodged 189 Visa
15/03/16 - Direct Grant - IED 11/02/2017
25/05/16 - Big Move Perth!
16/06/16 - Started Casual Work
11/07/16 - Permanent Full-time Work
Now for the Citizenship Journey
26/08/2019 - Applied and acknowledgement letter received
27/09/2019 - Test Email Invite for 19/12/2019
01/10/2019 - Actual Test/Interview Date
01/10/2019 - Approval Date (received the approval letter from the post 11/10/2019)
05/02/2020 - Ceremony Date (received the email 10/01/2020)
Posts: 79Member
Joined: Apr 20, 2016
To all waiting for their Visa grant.. keep on praying..
To those who just got approved.. congratulations to us.
Thank you pinoyau for all the help!!!
Posts: 459Member
Joined: Jun 17, 2016
Subclass 500 Bachelor of Accounting/ CQUniversity-Rockhampton/ March 2019 intake
July 18, 2018 - Received Letter Offer from CQU (Unconditional Offer-No IELTS)
September 15, 2018 -Took IELTS-Academic (IDP)
September 28, 2018 - Results day OBS: 7 L:8 R:7.5 W:6 S:6
October 11, 2018 - Received Full Offer from CQU
October 12, 2018 - Paid OSHC worth AUD$ 1,720
October 15, 2018 - Paid Tuition to Flywire
October 17, 2018 - Confirmed CQU received payment
October 18, 2018 - Medical at St. Lukes-Ermita
October 22, 2018 - Received email form CQU for additional docs
Waiting for COE
October 24, 2018 - Received Confirmation of Enrollment
October 25, 2018 - Lodged visa
October 26, 2018 - Grant
Thank you Lord!
Posts: 37Member
Joined: Jul 02, 2016
Posts: 79Member
Joined: Apr 20, 2016
June 14 - lodged visa
June 16 - acknowledged
July 12 - Visa grant
Visa - Subclass 573
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Joined: Apr 01, 2016
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Joined: Jun 30, 2016
Posts: 459Member
Joined: Jun 17, 2016
Subclass 500 Bachelor of Accounting/ CQUniversity-Rockhampton/ March 2019 intake
July 18, 2018 - Received Letter Offer from CQU (Unconditional Offer-No IELTS)
September 15, 2018 -Took IELTS-Academic (IDP)
September 28, 2018 - Results day OBS: 7 L:8 R:7.5 W:6 S:6
October 11, 2018 - Received Full Offer from CQU
October 12, 2018 - Paid OSHC worth AUD$ 1,720
October 15, 2018 - Paid Tuition to Flywire
October 17, 2018 - Confirmed CQU received payment
October 18, 2018 - Medical at St. Lukes-Ermita
October 22, 2018 - Received email form CQU for additional docs
Waiting for COE
October 24, 2018 - Received Confirmation of Enrollment
October 25, 2018 - Lodged visa
October 26, 2018 - Grant
Thank you Lord!
Posts: 32Member
Joined: Jul 15, 2016
So I would like share to you my ATM timeline and hope to hear feedbacks from anyone.A way of sharing my burden to my co applicants.
May 24,2016 - Lodge to AU embassy
May 25,2016 - Receive Acknowledgement Letter fron AU embassy
June 10,2016 - Scheduled for Medical Exam
June 13,2016 - Submission of Med.Result to AU embassy
And the waiting game has just started..I tried to access the VFS Tracker from time to time for updates and the result is always " MY VISA IS CURRENTLY BEING PROCESS AT AU EMBASSY".As observed here in our Forum daming na approved within a month and some are even within 15 days or lesser.
Btw, I am enrolled in DIPLOMA OF LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT (VET)
Thanks and more power to all of us!
Posts: 888Member
Joined: Apr 27, 2015
Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
261311 - Analyst Programmer | Age: 30 | Education: 15 | Australian Education: 5 | English Proficiency: 20 | NAATI CCL: 5 | Professional Year: 5 | Total: 80
Timeline:
26 Oct 2015 - Visa 573 Granted
01 Nov 2015 - The Eagle has landed
02 Nov 2015 - First Day High
15 Feb 2017 - Hubby and Bubba joined me in Melbourne
01 Dec 2017 - Graduated Masters!
21 Mar 2018 - Visa 485 Granted
20 Feb 2019 - Sat NAATI CCL Exam in Adelaide
21 Mar 2019 - ACS Skills Assessment Positive, Qualification has been assessed as comparable to an AQF Master Degree with a Major in computing.
23 Apr 2019 - Medicals Cleared - No actions required
29 Apr 2019 - Submitted EOI for 189
11 Jul 2019 - ITA received
23 Jul 2019 - Lodged Visa 189! Speaking life over our PR application ♡
04 Feb 2020 - CO Michael Contact (Asking for Evidence of NAATI CCL pass document, Status: Initial Assessment)
04 Feb 2020 - Responded to CO Contact, attached evidence of NAATI CCL documents (Status: Further Assessment)
04 Feb 2020 - Provided Compliment Feedback via DHA website
06 Feb 2020 - Received Feedback Acknowledgement email from CO Sebastian
06 Feb 2020 - Golden Visa Grant! PRAISE GOD!
08 Apr 2022 - Received Citizenship Interview & Test Appointment letter
27 Apr 2022 - Australian Citizenship by Conferral approved
20 July 2022 - Australian Citizenship Oath Taking Whitehorse Council
Posts: 191Member
Joined: Jul 08, 2016
Im new dto sa thread nato and Im interested in getting my brother thru student visa...
Currently I am a PR here and working...ang gusto sna ng brother q na course ay about criminology since criminology ang natapos nya sa pinas and pangarap nya tlg maging police...any ideas kung anong school ang pede nya applayan?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance! ;-)
November 2011 to February 2012- First entry to Australia with a Tourist Visa
December 2012- Second entry with a Fiancee Visa
June 2013- Applied for 2-stage Partner Visa (Temporary & Permanent)
July 2013- Temporary Visa granted after I got married
December 2015- Permanent Visa granted
February 2013 to January 2016- Worked in a non-healthcare job
January 2016- My first job in healthcare as a Tech. Assistant/ Pathology collector
January 2017- Given a permanent position as a Tech. Assistant
January 2017- Applied online for Citizenship
February 2017- Received an email re: Australian Citizenship
appointment and test
May 2017- Citizenship test date! Yeeeyyyy! ;-)
May 18,2017- Citizenship exam passed and application approved
Aug. 7, 2017- Citizenship Ceremony
September 2017- new sched of my AIMS exam
November 2017- received AIMS exam result
February 2018- start of Uni session 1
(This site is very informative and very glad to have discovered it! Cheers!)
Posts: 191Member
Joined: Jul 08, 2016
Hi! Im new dto sa thread nato and I really want to get my brother by pathway of student visa...sa tingin nyo ano ang pinakamagandang course or option for him? graduate sya ng criminology sa pinas and gusto nya rin sna criminology or course na something to do with policeman ang makuha nya sna dto...any help would be much appreciated.. thanks in advance! ;-)
November 2011 to February 2012- First entry to Australia with a Tourist Visa
December 2012- Second entry with a Fiancee Visa
June 2013- Applied for 2-stage Partner Visa (Temporary & Permanent)
July 2013- Temporary Visa granted after I got married
December 2015- Permanent Visa granted
February 2013 to January 2016- Worked in a non-healthcare job
January 2016- My first job in healthcare as a Tech. Assistant/ Pathology collector
January 2017- Given a permanent position as a Tech. Assistant
January 2017- Applied online for Citizenship
February 2017- Received an email re: Australian Citizenship
appointment and test
May 2017- Citizenship test date! Yeeeyyyy! ;-)
May 18,2017- Citizenship exam passed and application approved
Aug. 7, 2017- Citizenship Ceremony
September 2017- new sched of my AIMS exam
November 2017- received AIMS exam result
February 2018- start of Uni session 1
(This site is very informative and very glad to have discovered it! Cheers!)
Posts: 191Member
Joined: Jul 08, 2016
November 2011 to February 2012- First entry to Australia with a Tourist Visa
December 2012- Second entry with a Fiancee Visa
June 2013- Applied for 2-stage Partner Visa (Temporary & Permanent)
July 2013- Temporary Visa granted after I got married
December 2015- Permanent Visa granted
February 2013 to January 2016- Worked in a non-healthcare job
January 2016- My first job in healthcare as a Tech. Assistant/ Pathology collector
January 2017- Given a permanent position as a Tech. Assistant
January 2017- Applied online for Citizenship
February 2017- Received an email re: Australian Citizenship
appointment and test
May 2017- Citizenship test date! Yeeeyyyy! ;-)
May 18,2017- Citizenship exam passed and application approved
Aug. 7, 2017- Citizenship Ceremony
September 2017- new sched of my AIMS exam
November 2017- received AIMS exam result
February 2018- start of Uni session 1
(This site is very informative and very glad to have discovered it! Cheers!)