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I didnt travel overseas, only traveled within Australia so no need to compensate

Hi Slvicky, not sure if my file status got changed before the grant. I remember checking the status at around 2pm last Friday and it was still "received' at that time. so i think it is very likely that your file already got allocated and they are working on it. maybe you have more documents to verify than me so It takes longer time but you should hear from them soon.

Hi guys, thanks for congratulating me. it really made my day. Finally finished my work today so now I have some time to share my documents 1) employment: more than 52 payslips (certified), group certificate, bank statements, tax notice of assessment, employment reference letter, job offer letter, change in salary letter, super statements. I considered the above evidence was very strong and should satisfy the 1-year employment requirement. 2) residency: this evidence was not as strong because I lived at 5 different houses in 3 different states (quite a journey). The similarity among these was that I shared house at all 5 addresses, so no formal agency rental agreement, no utility bills except at 1 address, so I just gathered as much evidence as possible and submitted it all 1st address: flight ticket, house mate's statutory declaration, house picture, mobile phone bills, mails received, bank statement 2nd address: rental agreement with the main lessee (form downloaded on the internet), electricity bills, mobile phone bills, flight ticket, mails received, bank statement 3rd address: flight ticket, house pictures, mails received, mobile phone bills, rental agreement with the main lessee (form downloaded on the internet), notice to leave, bank statement 4th address: house pictures, internet bills, rental agreement with the main lessee (form downloaded on the internet), mails received, bank statement 5th address: house pictures, rental agreement with my employer (i rent the company's shared house), Mobile Phone bills, mails received and bank statements all rental agreements showed that all utilities bills were included (except address 2) in the rental money. I also emphasized this fact again in the summary sheet which also includes other summarized details such as period of stay for each address, name of documents provided for each address, and page number for navigation. I grouped documents into each address so I had 5 pdf files for 5 addresses. In each file I created bookmarks for easy navigation. 3) Other documents: form 80, passport, driver licence, birth certificate, overseas PCC, AFP with all possible name sequence. Needless to say, I personally could not prepare these documents without the tips from others that I learned on this forum. Therefore I'd like to say a million thanks to you guys with your kindness to share. For those who are still waiting, please keep your hope up, stay positive and your day will eventually come.

Sorry guys correct date is 27/11/2017

Hey guys good news from me I got my golden email 10 mins ago. TBH I did not expect it to come anytime this week, not to mention Monday morning due to the recent slowdown in processing time. But keeping the hope up definitely pays off i guess. Apply date: 27/11/2015 CO: Sophorn will update documents later

New weeks new grants. Keep our hopes up guys

why did Rita get grant after people who applied after her? Congratzzzzzzz

Thanks, mate. Good luck with your application too.

Hi slvicky, thanks for your reply. in your example, how is your name shown on your passport? A B C D with D as last name? or D A B C?

Thanks for the info Daniel. If my name on the passport is A B C (last,middle,first name format). How should I fill in the AFP form? C for last name, A B for given name? it would show as C, A B on the AFP result. Or A for last name, C B for given name? it would then show as A, C B on the AFP result. My brain hurts

how to notify immigration? by phone?

if you look at last year statistic 2016-2017, there were 1670 visas issued for 887, so about 6.7 visas/working day on average. Year before that (2015-2016), there were 4196 visas issued.

I will travel to overseas next week. from my understanding, I will need to notify the immigration about my travel, but how can I do that? I have not been allocated a CO yet.

Hi Guys, I applied on Nov 30 so still a long time to wait. However, got a bit problem with the FBI clearance. I applied for FBI on Sep 20 just in case it is required but now FBI said that they dont receive my package. That means I have to send it again and wait for another 3.5 to 4.5 months and maybe it will get lost again. it is really frustrating for me. so I just want to ask if I have not gone back to the US, is it required to do the FBI clearance? I have stayed in Australia entire time since my 489 visa. Thanks guys and good luck to your case.

Thanks. What documents did you get certified and what not?