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Spouse visa from Sri Lanka

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#1 ·
Hi all

I'm trying to find someone who applied for spouse visa 309 from Sri Lanka so I can get an idea of the timeline for the process.
 
#1,574 ·
hi all, our partner visa got granted this week!

A few details for those who are going through the same process.. We applied using the paper based form and applied through VFS. It took about 3 months for the medical to be called. We wanted to get visitor visa as soon as possible, so we applied for a 12 month visitor visa with 3 month per stay. it got rejected.

we did the spouse visa application all by ourself. for the visitor visa, considering the feedback from some of the users here we looked for an agent. finding a good, trustworthy agent is not easy. but their experience helped in lodging the visitor visa. also the fact that we waited for the initial spouse visa assessment to be completed was the key, I believe.

I would not suggest trusting that just because one person got the visitor visa, it'll be the same for others. Every application is assessed differently. for visitor visa all they care about is.. do you have enough reasons to come back to sri lanka.. because our initial assessment was complete, our main justification was simply 'would return back to Sri Lanka to comply with the conditions of my visitor visa as well as pending spouse visa'.

For the spouse visa, include as much hard evidence as you can. any photos, receipts, emails, skype chats between you. All in all the more evidence you provide the better for you. don't need to be disheartened if you only have a few months of history to show. that's fine, just put as much evidence as you can and they'll ask for more if needed.

the wait was really painful at first, as they would not even grant a visitor visa. but once the visitor visa is granted, time flies pretty quickly.

So all the best to you and keep positive! Cheers
 
#1,578 ·
Update list of 309 visa offshore

1.Pooja89 - 02/10/2016 - In process
2.Sunshine16 - 05/10/2016 - In Process
3.mpink - DOL- 10/10/2016 - In Process
4.SAKD856 - DOL 12/11/2016 - In Process
5. pk2016 - DOL - 30/12/2016 - In Process
6. cmlit90 - DOL - 2/2/2017 - In Process
7. shihabb99 - DOL - 21/3/2017 - In Process
8.JAY2010 - DOL - 01/06/2017 - In Process
9.Jahiduls - DOL -16/04/2017 - In Process
 
#1,581 ·
Hi Jahiduls,

Thank you.:):) Well we did not submit any evidence of viber or skype etc, after all documents were submitted. Viber / whatsapp and phone calls were uploaded when we lodged the papers initially. We had all the evidence from the start of our relationship which was in 2013.

Each month I uploaded the financial support documents given by my husband as I was unemployed. (Money transfer slips).
 
#1,588 ·
Update list of 309 visa offshore

1.Pooja89 - 02/10/2016 - In process
2.Sunshine16 - 05/10/2016 - In Process
3.mpink - DOL- 10/10/2016 - In Process
4.SAKD856 - DOL 12/11/2016 - In Process
5. pk2016 - DOL - 30/12/2016 - In Process
6. shihabb99 - DOL - 21/3/2017 - In Process
7.JAY2010 - DOL - 01/06/2017 - In Process
8.Jahiduls - DOL -16/04/2017 - In Process
 
#1,591 · (Edited)
Update list of 309 visa offshore

1.Pooja89 - 02/10/2016 - In process
2.Sunshine16 - 05/10/2016 - In Process
3.mpink - DOL- 10/10/2016 - In Process
4.SAKD856 - DOL 12/11/2016 - In Process
5. pk2016 - DOL - 30/12/2016 - In Process
6.nkkr85 - DOL - 13/03/2017 - Assessment in process
7. shihabb99 - DOL - 21/3/2017 - In Process
8.JAY2010 - DOL - 01/06/2017 - In Process
9.Jahiduls - DOL -16/04/2017 - In Process
 
#1,601 ·
Update list of 309 visa offshore

1.Pooja89 - 02/10/2016 - In process
2.Sunshine16 - 05/10/2016 - In Process
3.mpink - DOL- 10/10/2016 - In Process
4.SAKD856 - DOL 12/11/2016 - In Process
5. pk2016 - DOL - 30/12/2016 - In Process
6.nkkr85 - DOL - 13/03/2017 - Assessment in process
7. shihabb99 - DOL - 21/3/2017 - In Process
8.JAY2010 - DOL - 01/06/2017 - In Process
9.Jahiduls - DOL -16/04/2017 - In Process
Hi
Pooja89, Sunshine16, SAKD856, pk2016..... any updates on your visa? :confused:
 
#1,596 ·
HI,

Actually Immigration Sri Lanka requested a FORM 80 from the 'SPONSOR' yesterday!!! I was under the impression form 80 is for the applicant to fill, which I have submitted on 21-02-2017 with the original application.

* Medical completed 24-02-2017 (Since they sent me the medical invitation on the same day as the original application. I got it done ASAP)

* Sponsor SL POLICE CERT submitted 28-03-2017 (Because it took ages since it was done via Canberra, SL Consulate)

Did anyone get asked for a form 80 from your sponsor??? I know as the applicant we all have to submit one! Is this a unique occurrence just for me?

Thank you,
madawahdpl
 
#1,598 ·
Hi Tuesday,

Thank you for the reply. It looks like you have applied just a day prior to us on the 20-02-2017. Which means our files are almost together and most probably move up together. The most unfortunate part for us was, we are requested to submit a new SL police clearance for the sponsor again too. Which will take another couple of weeks to arrive.

By looking at the spreadsheet, 6 months and 20 days is what the two other applicants who lodged in Feb-2017 took to get their decisions. I'm hoping yours will come through within the next fortnight too :)

It is actually that insane asking for a form 80 from the sponsor for no reason. However, the SL POLICE clearance for the sponsor was our fault for not covering a particular time frame. Oh well, they have given us the opportunity to rectify it which is great.

It just gets dragged on at this stage... Hopefully this will end quick on a positive note.

Regards,
madawahdpl
 
#1,602 ·
Hi Madawahdpl,

I agree with about the request for the form 80 from the sponsor being ridiculous especially since some of the questions aren't even relevant to the sponsor. They asked me for a Police clearance from Sri Lanka too even though I haven't lived in Sri Lanka long enough to be eligible to get one... I honestly don't understand their rationale for asking for some these documents... My husband had to get the police clearance from Sri Lanka twice as well. If you give them the reference number from the first request it's much quicker to get the second one. Hope you get everything sorted soon :)

Regards,
Tuesday
 
#1,605 ·
#1,607 ·
Hi All,

Today noon we received the Sri Lankan police clearance requested of the sponsor (for the 2nd time, since a particular period of time wasn't covered on the previous report). Thanks to the online service Sri Lanka police implemented, it only took us a total of 9 days from the day of online applicstion to get it deleieverd to a Sri Lankan address. It is now uploaded.

Further to this, a form 80 was requested from the "Sponsor", which was weird and was uploaded to immi acc last week and managed to get an acknowledgement email from AHC in Colombo that they received it last week.

These were the documents they requested and they are all now provided. Hopefully a decision is not far away now.

PS : Does anyone know if the case officers are Sri Lankans or Australians at the AHC In Colombo?

Thank you,
 
#1,609 ·
Update list of 309 visa offshore

1.Pooja89 - 02/10/2016 - In process
2.Sunshine16 - 05/10/2016 - In Process
3.mpink - DOL- 10/10/2016 - In Process
4.pk2016 - DOL - 30/12/2016 - In Process
5.nkkr85 - DOL - 13/03/2017 - In process
6.shihabb99 - DOL - 21/3/2017 - In Process
7.JAY2010 - DOL - 01/06/2017 - In Process
8.Jahiduls - DOL -16/04/2017 - In Process
 
#1,610 · (Edited)
Hi everyone,
I lodged my spouse application on the 16th of December 2016 through an agent. I received an email for the medicals on the 11th of January 2017.As for the sponsors requirement , we were asked to submit police clearances from US, Australia and Srilanka. We submitted the srilankan and Australian clearances in May . We have not till the received the PC from the FBI in US.We applied for it in June. Has anyone applied for a US clearance? Any details from someone who was asked to submit a PC from US.

Thank you .
 
#1,612 ·
Hi Everyone!:)

Just wanted to share the awesome news .I was granted the 309 visa today afternoon.

DOL - 10th Oct 2016
Grant - 7th Sep 2017

A big 'thank you' to all Australiaforum members. It was the greatest help we had as we did the application by ourselves.

Good luck for all the members who are waiting for their visas

God Bless you all!
mpink
 
#1,615 ·
Hi Everyone!:)

Just wanted to share the awesome news .I was granted the 309 visa today afternoon.

DOL - 10th Oct 2016
Grant - 7th Sep 2017

A big 'thank you' to all Australiaforum members. It was the greatest help we had as we did the application by ourselves.

Good luck for all the members who are waiting for their visas

God Bless you all!
mpink
Hi mpink

Congratulations!!!!!!!
 
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