Rabea B

congrats mate!

Yes he was 10 months

Yes 90% of the answers starts with 'depends' . To stay in the safe side always make up your overseas stay before applying. In the immigration handbook they allowed short holidays but they didn't define how long is a short holiday. Note that the case officer will never ask you to make up those days, it is straight forward he will check your stay in the first place to check eligibility for PR before looking at the rest of the documents. In my case I stayed for two years and I went for 2 trips oversea (6 weeks each). I was working during those trips and have payslips, and I was paying my rent and electricity bills.. Cheers

Yes you have to wait for the case officer list of examination required. when I applied mine was already 6 months and have a 489 already. Cheers

Finally my ride came to an end, and received my grant 24-04-17 1st application submitted 06-08-17 application rejected due to not completing 730 days in Australia, my original stay 640 days out of my two years 10-08-17 2nd application submitted 06-11-17 request for wife's functional English and new born medical check. HAP ID was not activated, email was sent to homeaffairs email. 09-01-18 CO replied back to my email with HAP ID activation letter 12-02-18 PR granted During the 3 correspondents my CO was Adam. Good luck to everyone, hopefully yours is shorter than mine

Hi Raed, Accompanying family members are your kids who are immigrated with you and currently live in Australia. Non-accompanying family members are your kids who are immigrated with you and NOT in Australia at the time of application. Other Family members are your parents and sibling. Good Luck!

If you've been there during the 2 years, certainly he will ask for it.

Yeah they do that more often, if they see that you been home even for a short period during the 2 years they do ask for it. I know how it looks like to start counting again. Never mind, now the wait should be shorter .. it will be additional 42 days from the CO appearance date. good luck.

Hey Russki, good to see you moving You are saying that you haven't live in Russia for the last 18 years, but what about short visits ?

Yes everything, almost two years of permanent work contract, 2 years tenancy agreement, electricity bills etc. in the first year I traveled for a period of 6 weeks, and the 2nd years I traveled for 6 weeks as well. The officer comments that this does not considers a short holiday. The case officer has access to my travel dates and he listed the dates I was in and out from Australia.

I had the same issue as well, my first application was rejected as I only stayed for 640 days when I applied. There is no definition for short holiday, each case officer has a different understanding for short holiday. My recommendation is to compensate the days before applying!

Hi Raed, 60 per applicant or application is a huge number of attachments, always combine similar documents into one, for example, payslips over the years combine them into one, same apply for electricity bills, bank statements ..etc

if your 489 visa still valid you dont want to do that, you can just travel with it, this is only applicable if your 489 is expired and your bridging A visa came into effect, then you need to apply for bridging B visa

Hi Nish, the best way to track this is through this forum, you can see now the case officers are working around mid Sep. but that doesn't mean it will take an additional month, sometimes they process faster than that. good luck

You still can leave after your lodgement as the case officer will assess that 2 years requirements. However, the only issue is that no one will hire you in a metropolitan city, based on the fact that your 489 (which is still active during the processing period) is only restricted to regional area.

wonder why? is your AFP older than 12 months? did you travel more often during the 2 years period ?

Hi Raed, no it is not required, it is a generic checklist and you pick and choose what is applicable for the 887.

I'm saying so cause my first application got rejected as I was away for 3 months in 2 years. in regards to your travel, yes you can go as long as your 489 still valid. if your 489 is expired then you need to apply for visa bridging 'B'., I know a case where he traveled for 6 weeks and after he came back he received the grant a week later. Meaning that the case officer won't grant the PR while you are offshore

in regards to the first 3 questions it is the same answer, no one can assure you how many days you can stay offshore, in order to apply for 887 you have to fulfill the PR conditions first, which you have to live in Australia for 730 days. some people will advice you that you can stay outside of the country up to 4 weeks every year, However, there is no clear description and it is up to the case officer judgement. so if you want my advise is to apply after you lived in Australia for 730 days regardless of the days you traveled during the 2 years. your proof of address docs are more than enough and yes after you apply you can move to big city. But, you still not eligible to work there as your 489 still valid and no one will hire you. Hope this help

wow congrats mate, that is a long wait, can you share other dates where the officer requested additional doc?

it should be any time soon, dont forget that you have public holidays in your count

it is fine, just click on update us on the immi account and enter your new address

Mine is a 1 years old, and I never heard of the 6 months rule. Regardless of the age I think he will ask for a medical check, as australia dont want to burden their medicare with pre existing conditions! did you check if you can organise a medical checkup from the immi account under you son name or it is locked ?

I applied on 10/8 on 06/11, the officer asked for medical check up for my new born but the HAP ID was not working. I sent an email and made phone calls still nothing happens. Today 09/01 he sent me request for additional documents with new HAP ID. so now do i have to wait again for 2 months or is there anything else i can do, especially it is their in the first time mistake?