Date of application: 29 May 2009
Nationality: Canadian
Visa type: Spouse subclass 309
Offshore/onshore: Offshore
Police check submitted: Sent with initial application

TIMELINE
29-May-2009 Mailed visa application + supporting documents to AHC Canada.
03-Jun-2009 Received confirmation of receipt of appliction via email.
22-Jun-2009 Received package of returned supporting documents and letter requesting medical and passport.
17-Jul-2009 Medical + Chest XRay completed.
25-Jul-2009 Panel doctor mailed medical results to AHC Canada.
28-Jul-2009 Passport mailed to AHC Canada.
07-Aug-2009 VISA approved! Passport returned in mail with sticker.

Date of application: Application sent to Aus Embassy in Auckland 25/06/09

Nationality: Irish Citizen from Northern Ireland

Visa type: 309

Offshore/onshore: Offshore, NZ

Medicals submitted (yes/no): Frontloaded

Police check submitted (yes/no): Aussie PC frontloaded, UK PC requested

Date CO assigned: 02/07/09

UK Police Check Requested: 02/07/09, along with Irish - has never lived in Ireland.

Irish PC Request Cancelled: 12/07/09

UK PC submitted: 12/08/09

Date visa granted: 13/08/09

So happy!! Thanks to everyone for advice and support! I wish everyone all the best.

My husband visa is taking ages, he is Bangladeshi and I am Australian. We are both in Bangladesh whilst this visa process takes it's time!

Date of application: 30th June 2009

Nationality: Bangladeshi

Visa type: Spouse Visa Provisional Subclass 309

Offshore/onshore: Offshore (Bangladesh)

Medicals submitted: Yes (2 weeks after application)

Police check submitted: Yes (With application)

Date CO assigned: Did not get informed formally. First email received (on 15th July 2009) from CO saying I had an interview on 12th August 2009)

Interview: 12th August 2009 - where the CO asked some really intrusive and horrible questions.

Date visa granted: Awaiting . . .

Why is it that people from USA, UK, Ireland, all the anglo countries seem to get their visas in less than 2 months.. but no, not my husband, why, something against black people. Why are people so racist.

I am Australian and my Fiance is Palestinian.

Date of application: 13/05/2009 Received by Australian Consulate Dubai

Nationality: Palestinian

Visa type: Prospective Marriage Visa (Subclass 300)

Offshore/onshore: Offshore

Medicals submitted (yes/no): Yes 09/07/09

Police check submitted (yes/no): Yes 09/07/09

Date CO assigned: 16/06/2009

Date visa granted: ........still waiting, have to reschedule our wedding date
Just have to sit tight now and keep waiting I guess....

VISA Timeline

Nationality: Brazilian
Visa type: Prospective Marriage Subclass 300
Offshore application

Date application received: 4th August 2009
Case Officer assigned: 5th August 2009 email sent to us

Medicals sent direct to Embassy in Brasilia prior to application being lodged

We fully front loaded our application but failed to realise that 3 different police checks are required in Brazil therefore we only included a Federal check. Embassy requested the additional 2 types of checks (totalling 4 as need to obtain for each city you have lived in). Checks then needed to be officially translated to English. We had 28 days to provide these documents.

Submitted checks just prior to our 28 day cut off.

5th September 2009: Received advice from CO that an interview was not deemed necessary based on evidence supplied in application. Requested passport to be sent and sought an official English translation to a declaration made by my fiancee's mother. Sent to embassy on September 17th 2009.

VISA APPROVED: September 21st 2009

Passport and Original docs to be sent back to my fiancee within 2 days.

The service provided by the Embassy in Brasilia and by our specific case officer has been exemplary. They communicated with us regularly and confirmed receipt of all documents in a prompt manner. We cannot believe how quickly our visa was approved considering Brazil is category 2 (medium risk) however it is probably important to point out that our total application weighed in excess of 3 kilos.

Nationality: Latvian

Visa type: de facto

Offshore/onshore: offshore

Date of application: 27/7/9 confirmation email received from Berlin Office

Date CO assigned: 8/9/9

Medicals submitted (yes/no): yes, email requesting medicals received 8/9/9 > submitted 9/9/9

Police check submitted (yes/no): yes, email requesting police check received 8/9/9 > submitted 9/9/9

Email requesting confirmation documentation received sent on 21/9, still waiting reply 25/9

Confirmation email received1/10 > phone interview requested 8/10
Phone interview completed 9/10> passport requested
Passport sent 9/10

Date visa granted: 12/10

Passport Returned 20/12

I am Australian and my Fiance is Palestinian.

Date of application: 13/05/2009 Received by Australian Consulate Dubai

Nationality: Palestinian

Visa type: Prospective Marriage Visa (Subclass 300)

Offshore/onshore: Offshore

Medicals submitted (yes/no): Yes 09/07/09

Police check submitted (yes/no): Yes 09/07/09

Date CO assigned: 16/06/2009

Rescheduled Wedding Date: 30/09/09, Hopefully getting married 30/01/10

CO Requested more information: 29/09/09, single status certificates from both my fiance and I

Date visa granted: Just have to sit tight now and keep waiting I guess....

Hi there! I am a Russian citizen residing permanently in New Zealand. Here is how our De facto migrant visa is progressing at the Consulate General in Auckland.

Date of application: 02/10/2009

Nationality: Russian

Visa type: 309/100

Offshore/onshore: offshore (Auckland)

Medicals submitted (yes/no): yes, 16/10/2009

Police check submitted (yes/no): yes

Date CO assigned: 08/10/2009

Date visa granted: 20/10/2009


05/10/2009 Letter received to acknowledge the lodgement of the application
10/10/2009 Letter from CO received asking for further documents: Form 80 and medicals.
16/10/2009 Medicals Submitted as well as the form.
19/10/2009 Letter of approval sent.
20/10/2009 Passport endorsed with Temporary Residence visa (309)!!!!

The service provided by the Consulate in Auckand has been absolutely fantastic! 18 days and I got the sticker! Thank you kindly!

P.S. Those who think that only citizens of certain English speaking countries get their visas approved quickly, our case proves the opposite!

Call to make appointment to lodge application in person: 13/07/2009

Date of application: 24/08/2009

Nationality: German

Visa type: De facto spouse

Offshore/onshore: onshore

Medicals submitted (yes/no): yes

Police check submitted (yes/no): yes

Date CO assigned: 24/08/2009

Date visa granted: 3/09/2009

Visa would have been granted on the spot but I forgot one document which I handed in a few days later.

Date of application: March 2009

Nationality: High Risk

Visa type: Subclass 300

Offshore/onshore: Offshore

Medicals submitted (yes): when requested June 2009 (clearance received July 2009)

Police check submitted (yes): when requested June 2009

Date CO assigned: March 2009

Interview: August 2009 (told at the interview up to another 6 months for Security check from lodgement date)

Date visa granted: 12th January, 2010