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PMV and 309 Timeline for Washington, D.C.

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#1 · (Edited)
Please check below and make sure your info is correct (and complete as you want it to be - if I don't have an exact date you applied and you'd like to keep it that way for privacy reasons, that's absolutely fine!)

Also, if you're on this list and you did NOT apply for a 300 (Prospective Marriage Visa) or a 309, let me know and I'll take you off the list.

And if anyone would like to be added - just say so and tell me your CO's initials (if you know), your application date, whether you applied for a 309 or a 300, and whether you applied online or via paper. Thanks!

Also, please note: the date format for this thread is the United States date format, so 4/9/2014, for example, is April 9, NOT September 4.

Okay, SO... for people waiting for from DC we have:

PMV (300):

isingh87 - Applied June 10, 2014.
usaaus - Applied July 9, 2014. Online.
fireatwill - Applied October 14, 2014. Online.
MamaBear - Applied October 24, 2014.
Hyperion - Applied November 29, 2014. Online.
Canegirl - Applied December 31, 2014. Online.
halyce - Applied January 13, 2015. Online.

Partner Visa 309:

Heats - Applied May 20, 2014. Online. CO is ML.
princessbuttercup - Applied September 5, 2014. Online.
ani89 - Applied September 6, 2014.
cec2725 - Applied October 2, 2014. Online.
WendyB - Applied October 7, 2014.
JonJakJus - Applied December 31, 2014. Online.

VISAS GRANTED

queliwantstogogo: 3 weeks. (Applied 4/19/13, Granted 5/10/13.) 309. CO was RM.
MrandMrs: 5 months. (Applied 4/18/13, Granted 9/?/13.) 300. CO was ML.
Mishy: 5 months, 3 weeks. (Applied 4/9/13, Granted 10/4/13.) 309. CO was RM.
lyddies: 8 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 1/28/13, Granted 10/7/13.) 309. CO was DN.
Cheesygarcia: 7 months. (Applied 3/11/13, Granted 10/9/13.) 309. CO was RM.
amccarron: 2 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 8/1/13, Granted 10/15/13.) 309. CO was ML.
jjs6791: 1 month, 1 week. (Applied 8/30/13, Granted 10/15/13.) 309. CO was ML.
Derek&Callie: 3 months, 1 day. (Applied 7/15/13, Granted 10/16/13.) 309. CO was ML.
willkrischur: 2 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 8/16/13, Granted 10/29/13). 309. CO was DN.
Sydiealex: 2 months, 3 weeks. (Applied 8/19/13, Granted 11/8/13). 309. CO was ML.
PrincessPoopdoodle: 2 months, 1 week. (Applied 9/3/13, Granted 11/13/13. 309. CO was ML.
Bea: 2 months, 3 weeks.. (Applied 8/22/13, Granted 11/15/13). 300. CO was ML.
lincsus: 2 months, 3 weeks. (Applied 9/5/13, Granted 11/25/13). 309. CO was ML.
Grapejuice: 9 months. (Applied 3/5/13, Granted 12/2/13). 309. CO was ML, then RM.
pmwoodward: 7 months. (Applied 5/6/13. Granted 12/3/13). 309. CO was RM.
JustMarried2013: 7 months. (Applied 5/14/13. Granted 12/11/13). 309. CO was DN, then RM.
CMcDerm: 8 months, 1 week. (Applied 4/9/13. Granted 12/16/13). 309. CO was ML.
CollegeGirl: 8 months, 1 week. (Applied 4/25/13. Granted 1/3/14). 300. CO was ML, then RM.
SonyafromAus: 10 months. (Applied 3/5/13. Granted early January 2014). 309. CO was ML.
Kochanski: 10 months, 1 week. (Applied 3/15/13. Granted 1/21/14). 309. CO was ML, then RM.
M&R: ~9 months. (Applied 4/29/13. Granted 2/?/14). 309. CO was RM.
aususa: 10 months. (Appied 4/5/13. Granted 2/5/13.) 309. CO was ML.
kit: 9 months, 1 week. (Applied 5/3/13. Granted 2/8/13.) 300. CO was RM, then MW.
bjch: 10 months, 3 weeks. (Applied 3/28/13. Granted 2/20/14.) 309. CO was ML.
hypersloth: 9 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 5/7/13. Granted 3/4/14.) 309. CO was RM, then ML
fyshtryker: 9 months, 5 days. (Applied ~6/1/13. Granted 3/5/14.) 300. CO was RM.
HJB: 11 months, 1 day. (Applied 4/9/13. Granted 3/10/14.) 309. CO was RM.
dplunkd: 5 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 9/23/2013. Granted 3/12/2014). 300. CO was DN, then ML.
Sprite: 5 months. (Applied 10/10/13. Granted 3/12/14). 309. CO was RM, then ML.
melvin udall: 11 months, 1 week. (Applied 4/6/2013. Granted 3/14/2014). 309. CO was DN, then (unknown).
DC2AU: 10 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 5/5/2013. Granted 3/16/2014). 309. CO was ML, then RM.
NJ2OZ: 5 months. (Applied 10/29/13. Granted 4/3/14.) 309. CO was RM, then MW.
AmyDownUnder: 4 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 1/2/14, Granted 5/20/14.) 309. CO was ML.
kmm944: 5 months, 3 weeks. (Applied 1/24/14, Granted 7/12/14.) CO was KT?
LaChicaGo: ~6 months. 300.
Breiza: 7 months. (Applied 12/30/2013. Granted 8/1/2014.) 309. Online.
SteveRozet: 6 months, 6 days. (Applied 1/29/2014. Granted 8/4/2014). 309. Paper. CO was MW.
ThreeAmigos: 6 months. (Applied 2/25/2014. Granted 8/25/2014). 309. Online.
Champ: 16 months, 18 days. (Applied 4/9/2013. Granted 8/27/2014). 309. Paper. CO was DN, then ML.
kt41: 6 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 2/22/2014. Granted 9/3/2014). 309. Online. CO was MD.
snowkitten: 5 months, 3 weeks. (Applied 3/16/2014. Granted 9/10/2014. 309.
carobear: 6 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 3/25/2014. Granted 10/7/2014). Online.
Charisma: 7 months, 1 week. (Applied 3/7/2014. Granted 10/16/2014). 300. Paper. CO was RM.
MezzaUSA: 7 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 3/9/2014. Granted 10/23/2014. 309. Online. CO was ML.
JerseytoOz: 6 months. (Applied 5/3/2014. Granted 11/3/2014). 300. Paper. CO was RM.
emkas: 7 months. (Applied 4/3/2014. Granted 11/5/2014). 309. Online.
ikuyo: 6 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 5/25/2014. Granted 11/6/2014). 300. Online.
bigapplekanga: 5 months, 1 week. (Applied 6/26/2014. Granted 12/3/2014.) 309. Online. CO was ML.
H. Protagonist: 8 months, 3 weeks. (Applied 4/20/2014. Granted 1/12/15.) 309. Online. CO was ML.
lkimball: 5 months, 2 days. (Applied 8/17/14. Granted 1/19/2015.) 309.
AUSUSA8892: 6 months, 2 days. (Applied 7/19/14. Granted 1/21/2015.) 309. Online.
Mellie: 9 months. (Applied 4/25/14. Granted 1/22/15.) 309. Online.
IndyMama: 5 months, 2 weeks. (Applied 8/16/14. Granted 1/30/2015.) 300. Online.
sharyny: 7 months, 3 days. (Applied 7/1/2014. Granted 2/4/2015.) 309. Online.
numm3r: 5 months, 5 days. (Applied 9/1/2014. Granted 2/6/2015.) 309.
NYC2SYD: 5 months, 5 days. (Applied 9/5/14. Granted 2/10/15.) 309.
CCass: 6 months, 6 days. (Applied 8/13/14. Granted 2/19/15.) 309. CO was ML, then RM.
DChubbyAuWife: 7 months, 4 days. (Applied 7/20/14. Granted 2/24/15.) 309. Online.
 
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#2,729 ·
Hi! I also received the "Application in progress" last July 1, and still no update to this day. I lodged my application on May 2017. I am very hopeful that the grant will come soon seeing the May and April 2017 was already granted.

Btw, CONGRATULATIONS to all who was granted the Visa this July.
 
#2,735 ·
Morning all! Haven't been here in a while as I have been trying to not go crazy with the waiting, and just put it out of my mind.

But this morning I got the GOLDEN EMAIL!!! Straight to 100 :)

Thanks to everyone who answered my questions and calmed my nerves over the last months. Best of luck to those still waiting!
 
#2,736 ·
Wow that's just 6 months!! Congrats!! It's great to see so many grants coming through at once. Hopefully the trend continues.
 
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#2,743 ·
Hi Everyone,

Is there anyone who has recently lodged their 309 application or people from 2017 who still haven't had their applications finalised?

Would you mind sharing your Stories? did you submit police clearances and medical before they asked for them? how strong was your case? have you lived together? are you married?

My app was lodged April 2018, I understand that the processing time for decision at the moment is 75% 12 Months and 90% 16 months. But as you could all feel and imagine the wait is driving me crazy.

Ive been with my Husband almost 6 years and Married for 3 and a half years. I may of overstayed my USA visa by 3 years because i didn't want to leave him. We did have a lease together and many other joint documents. we have 4 statements from our families plus the 888's. a million photos socially, with our pets, with family, wedding photos and personal ones. we have our marriage cert, the venue receipt, a letter from our officiant, Guest book, Post codes, cards, Phone bills, letters, email, Superfund documents and i have so much stuff roughly 80 out of the 100 possible attachments. we have done the medical and Police checks including my FBI check from the 3 years i was in USA. we have had nothing from immigration. just wondering if anyone has that lodged around my time?

I seriously wish everyone the best of luck with their applications and hope everyone has quick stress free grants.
 
#2,745 ·
I keep telling myself it's naturally going to ebb and flow a bit.
....and that I'll be next ;D
 
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#2,747 ·
So disheartening :( . Wish there was some sort of explanation. Reorganization? Processing changes? Anticipated improvement? Ugh.
 
#2,748 ·
So, I'm right around the time frame where I need to start thinking about the police checks. I have fingerprints from my local police department but from my understanding, I'll need another set of fingerprints to submit to the FBI, correct? Also, is it worth using one of the approved channels for a faster return date? I want my fingerprints to coincide as much as possible with my Medical Check which is scheduled to be early August.
 
#2,749 ·
Hi all,

I received email today from the Department of Home Affairs:
Subject: Your Australian Partner (Provisional) (subclass 309) visa application is progressing.

I have submitted final documents on 6 June 2018 and since then I have not heard of anything. Please advise if anyone (applied in June 2017) received a similar email.
What is the purpose of this email

Visa: 309
Application Lodged: 28 June 2017
Location: KSA
Contact from CO for medical & PCC: 07 May 2018
Medical & police Checks: 30 May 2018
Final email to CO with all required documents: 06 June 2018
 
#2,750 ·
Hi all,

I received email today from the Department of Home Affairs:
Subject: Your Australian Partner (Provisional) (subclass 309) visa application is progressing.

I have submitted final documents on 6 June 2018 and since then I have not heard of anything. Please advise if anyone (applied in June 2017) received a similar email.
What is the purpose of this email

Visa: 309
Application Lodged: 28 June 2017
Location: KSA
Contact from CO for medical & PCC: 07 May 2018
Medical & police Checks: 30 May 2018
Final email to CO with all required documents: 06 June 2018
 
#2,753 ·
Congrats guys! the people who got those a few weeks ago got grants shorts after.
i applied in april. wish i knew why they were skipping around applications and not going in order.
 
#2,755 ·
Anyone with 300's seeing any progress? So inspired by you all 309's, but haven't seen any 300 approvals?
 
#2,756 · (Edited)
Not the original list keeper, but I'm trying to avoid my work on this lovely Monday morning, so:

December 2016
SwedeinNYC: granted March 2018

January 2017
Rnnomad: granted 26 March 2018

February 2017
AussieNYank: (300?) granted 26 April 2018
Deebs

March 2017
Nicole-PMV300: granted March 2018
Minesapint: granted 26 March 2018
Cardude151
#62Aussie
Redleg33 (309) granted July 2 2018
Oyetoba

April 2017
Mattsfoot (309) granted July 2, 2018
Ella77 (309): granted 26 March 2018
Ronniedee (309) granted July 5 2018
NYCtoAus (309)

May 2017
A+K_OZ (309) granted July 2 2018

June 2017
chnaveedakhtar (309)
AnnainNYC (300)
NYCSYD18
Space_Dog (309)

July 2017
Dannygolucky (309)
Soccerplr

August 2017
Rdtrip (300)
CBR2011

October 2017
JTeam (309)

November 2017
MJAus!2018 (309)
Julzy (300)
Ladypilot (309)

December 2017
MzSkeptica (300)

January 2018
Salmon1411 (309) granted July 6 2018
Ozbound3 (309)

March 2018
JaneoOz
Tony121

April 2018
YankeeAussie (300)
Pyrite
BeeBee2 (309)
esiyah (309)
KTE711 (309)
 
#2,765 ·
Can you add me to this list as well? We applied for 309 in Nov '17. Thanks!

Not the original list keeper, but I'm trying to avoid my work on this lovely Monday morning, so:

December 2016
SwedeinNYC: granted March 2018

January 2017
Rnnomad: granted 26 March 2018

February 2017
AussieNYank: (300?) granted 26 April 2018
Deebs

March 2017
Nicole-PMV300: granted March 2018
Minesapint: granted 26 March 2018
Cardude151
#62Aussie
Redleg33 (309) granted July 2 2018
Oyetoba

April 2017
Mattsfoot (309) granted July 2, 2018
Ella77 (309): granted 26 March 2018
Ronniedee (309) granted July 5 2018
NYCtoAus (309)

May 2017
A+K_OZ (309) granted July 2 2018

June 2017
chnaveedakhtar (309)
AnnainNYC (300)
NYCSYD18
Space_Dog (309)

July 2017
Dannygolucky (309)
Soccerplr

August 2017
Rdtrip (300)
CBR2011

October 2017
JTeam (309)

November 2017
MJAus!2018 (309)
Julzy (300)

December 2017
MzSkeptica (300)

January 2018
Salmon1411 (309) granted July 6 2018
Ozbound3 (309)

March 2018
JaneoOz

April 2018
YankeeAussie (300)
Pyrite
BeeBee2 (309)
esiyah (309)
 
#2,758 ·
Hi all,

Thank you for sharing all the news and tips. I have a question regarding a recent email from immi account with "Application in progress" in title. Do you think this email is an indication of case officer allocated, or a general notification for case with 1+ year waiting time?

I lodged my application in June 2017 with all known documents uploaded, but haven't heard any feedback from the department except that email.

Best luck to everyone!
 
#2,759 ·
Hi all,

Thank you for sharing all the news and tips. I have a question regarding a recent email from immi account with "Application in progress" in title. Do you think this email is an indication of case officer allocated, or a general notification for case with 1+ year waiting time?

I lodged my application in June 2017 with all known documents uploaded, but haven't heard any feedback from the department except that email.

Best luck to everyone!
Looks Like thats the magic email all the folks have been getting right prior to approval! Good for you!
 
#2,761 ·
Users Redleg33 (Applied March 2017), Mattsfoot (applied April 2017), Ronniedee (applied April 2017), A+K_OZ (applied May 2017), Aztec (applied June 2017) and me (Applied June 2017) all received the "application in progress" email on July 1st or 2nd.

Of those, everyone but me and Aztec has posted that their visa is granted. Aztec only has one post on these forums so who knows if they have any update or not.

So, it seems like the email is a good sign and maybe it means they are looking at your application? Who knows.
 
#2,774 ·
Wasn't correcting the 75% - 90% thing. Just pointing out that an app processed in one day or an app processed in 10 years would still fall into the GPTs lol. And even though they say 75% are done in under whatever time, I'm not sure there's a way to even check so it's kind of a trust thing. For all we know, they roll some die and put random numbers each month just to mess with us :'-D I doubt it but it makes me feel better lol. And this forum is useless as an idea because it's such an insanely small sample size that it can't be an accurate estimation of applicants overall.
 
#2,775 · (Edited)
My husband's 309 partner visa got approved this morning!!!

Applied: March 27, 2017 (offshore from USA)

Request for further information: 14 March, 2018 (husband's Aussie police check, since he was visiting on an ETA at the time and had just passed the 365 day threshold)

Application in progress email: 2 July, 2018

Grant notification: 18 July, 2018

We are so glad that after all this waiting we finally have an outcome. Good luck to everyone still waiting!
 
#2,776 ·
While I understand that the processing times are global estimates, for those of us waiting almost a year and have had to make major life changes in preparation for the impending move, its very hard not to follow progress, both negative and positive. Home sales, car arrangements, wedding plans, financial planning are all very hard to time with a complete unknown. For me, regardless of what it is, I'll naturally get excited when the timeline moves, and a bit sad when it stalls. Its all part of the process, and the journey, and yes life goes on, even if its a rollercoaster ride! At least we have virtual waiting room friends to ride it with!
 
#2,777 ·
Hello All! I have read more than I probably should have because now I really know we'll be waiting until atleast next summer for a decision.
I (US citizen) and my husband (Aus citizen) have been married over 10 years with 3 children (all duel citizens). We applied April 15 2018. I saw the request for medical checks right away and got excited so immediately got them done. Now I wish I would have waited. I'm happy to be apart of this chatroom now so I have people who understand how frustrating this is to wait!
Has anyone heard anymore about if DC is still not processing visas?
Thanks!
 
#2,778 ·
Does anyone know what it means when your immi account says 12-16 still but the global times are increasing? people have talked about it before, but is that a glitch in the code on the website or are we actually meant to follow a different shorter time?
 
#2,782 ·
Hello All, I have added a couple names, hopefully it is all correct.

December 2016
SwedeinNYC: granted March 2018

January 2017
Rnnomad: granted 26 March 2018

February 2017
AussieNYank: (300?) granted 26 April 2018
Deebs

March 2017
Nicole-PMV300: granted March 2018
Minesapint: granted 26 March 2018
Cardude151
#62Aussie
Redleg33 (309) granted July 2 2018
Oyetoba

April 2017
Mattsfoot (309) granted July 2, 2018
Ella77 (309): granted 26 March 2018
Ronniedee (309) granted July 5 2018
NYCtoAus (309)

May 2017
A+K_OZ (309) granted July 2 2018

June 2017
chnaveedakhtar (309)
AnnainNYC (300)
NYCSYD18
Space_Dog (309)

July 2017
Dannygolucky (309)
Soccerplr

August 2017
Rdtrip (300)
CBR2011

October 2017
JTeam (309)

November 2017
MJAus!2018 (309)
Julzy (300)
ladypilot (309)

December 2017
MzSkeptica (300)

January 2018
Salmon1411 (309) granted July 6 2018
Ozbound3 (309)

March 2018
JaneoOz

April 2018
YankeeAussie (300)
Pyrite
BeeBee2 (309)
esiyah (309)
KTE711 (309)
 
#2,830 ·
Hi All,
Just an update on me. I still have received no word for immigration after the initial automated email the day I applied (June 1, 2017). My fiance and I got married a couple of weeks ago (yay!) so I've now requested that my application be changed from a 300 to a 309. I am hoping that the request doesn't put us back at square one as we originally applied almost 14 months ago. The timeline change was a real shock. I was planning on moving to Australia on a tourist visa in a couple of months, thinking that my visa would have to come through soon, but with the timeline changes, not knowing how they'll count my time with the visa change, etc., I'm not sure what I'm going to do now.
The wait continues...
Anna
 
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