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Partner Visa 801 GRANTED!!!!!!!!

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#1 ·
Hey guys,

So... we just got approved straight to Permanent 801 Visa :D :D :D

This is the best day EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to everyone for your advice and help!!! :D
 
#3 ·
I was waiting for this! Big congrats! :)
 
#5 ·
Thank you everyone!!!!!!!!!!!! We are in shock! I'm at work and can hardly concentrate, I've got the shakes hehe. Such great news :D

Though... it is odd that it was approved on April 1st and we have not received anything via email or mail!! So anyone who has been waiting a while - definitely give immigration a buzz.
 
#8 ·
Thanks all!!

We met and started our relationship at the beginning of 2010 in Aus. We lived together on uni campus for 2010, then I went to the USA in 2011 to study at his uni, and we lived together on campus and with his parents.
Then he made the move here in 2012 so without the breaks, living together for 1 full year prior to application. Total though is ~3 years, and total relationship duration prior to application was almost 4 years.

I think i will stick around on this forum and offer some advice to people as I found everyone else's advice super helpful. :)
 
#10 ·
Many Congrats! A visa granted is always a happy news.

I'm curious about one thing though, why were you not notified via email? As well, how long was your processing time?
I have no idea why we weren't notified via email. It's very annoying considering we basically found out 3 months after it was granted! (But it lessens the blow that he was approved straight to permanent - haha). I think he'll ring up again tomorrow morning and request the email to be sent. We can see all the info in Vevo though, which is fine for now. An official email would be great though :)

Processing time (average):
Applied via courier: September 5 2013
Automatic email from our CO requesting medicals (and containing bridging visa): September 6 2013
Medicals submitted: Late September
FBI submitted: Late September
801 Permanent Visa approved: 1 April 2014
Notifying us of approval: 25 June 2014

So all up just shy of 7 months, we didn't front load medicals or USA FBI check, and we still were ok :) I will type up a decent post in the next few days with things we included... we went a bit over the top because the idea of us being separated again was the worst thing ever, and it paid off :) ahh love.

Hope that helps! I would definitely recommend checking in with immigration (phone them 8.30am - they should answer then - don't even try at lunch haha) to see what's happening. They were pretty helpful to us :)
 
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