Applied 10/01

Yes I was still on the 489 when I moved to metropolitan Perth but I had filed for my 887 visa. I didn’t work when I moved to metro though.

I didn’t fill in the 1221

I was asked for baby’s medical, partners F80 and I’d made a mistake on my F80 which made it look like I’d been in USA for a year when it was only 2 weeks so they asked for a police cert. I just uploaded the flights and explained is made a mistake and that was all fine.

Thank you everyone for your well wishes. @Russki I especially hope you get your visa soon. i just wanted to add that I only stayed in Northern Territory for 2 years exactly. I then moved to Perth city, which isn’t regional. I notified the dept about my change in address and it didn’t affect my visa process. But... I wasn’t working in Perth as I was on maternity leave so I’m not sure what would have happened if I had applied for a job. Anyway I just thought I’d mention this as people are always asking if they are allowed to move while their 887 is processing. Good luck everyone.. next step citizenship

CO Peter called me and told me I needed a new police clearance for Ireland. He gave me a different email address and he said he would get it to the right place once I emailed it through. He followed through on his word as my visa was granted literally 8 hours after I emailed him. Good on him!

Sorry for the late message guys but I’ve been celebrating. Today I received the magical golden email. Myself and my family are now PEEMANENT RESIDENTS my dad did some ninja sh*t and got an Irish police clearance for me in 18 hours. My advice to anyone about to apply, if the question ‘I wonder should I submit BLA BLA BLA’ comes into your head, just submit it. Best of luck everyone. You have the luck of the Irish now Timeline: 13 months applied 10/01/2018 Request for further information 29/07/2018 CO Dat for daughter medical pregrant 9/01/2019 CO Kim (I was out of the country until Jan 11th) Request for further information 05/02/2019 Irish police clearance because I spent 12 weeks in the last 12 months in Ireland CO Peter 07/02/2019 Granted CO Peter

@JPSLTOZ congrats mate! I was waiting on good news for you after my news today. Enjoy the celebrations

No I haven’t. Do you think I should? Who do I complain to?

Guys I am so pissed off! I just got a call from immigration saying they were ready to grant my visa but they see that I was in Ireland for 3 months this year and that that is a ‘significant amount of time’ to be away so they needed a new police clearance from Ireland. What a joke!?! I got my pre-grant on January 9th, while I was out of the country, why didn’t they ask for this further information then? He also said that my AFP will expire on March 15th so I need to get it before then or I’ll have to get new AFPs. He has given me a different email address to send the Irish police clearance to. Timeline applied 10/01/2018 first contact 29/07/2018 co Dat pregrant 9/01/2018 co Kim request further info 5/02/2018 co Peter

sorry you're right. lol

No I got a pre-grant on 9/1/18 but I was out of the country. So waiting to hear back now.

This is a grey area. ‘Newly arrived resident’ doesn’t apply to me. That’s what I’ve been told by numerous centrelink staff and on the phone. Each claim is different depending on the person and I’ve been told that because I’ve been here since 2012 that I’m not a ‘newly arrived resident’ Anyway, this is a forum about the 887 visa not centrelink payments so I guess we’ll just have to wait and see if I get it or not and then I can let you know.

I’ve read all of this and I’ve been to centrelink where they told me I could claim the remainder of my maternity benefit once my pr comes through.

Her baby was born November 2017 and her PR was granted July 2018. She got paid her 16 weeks centrelink after that. The other girl was similar dates.

This isn’t true. I know at least 2 girls who got their centrelink paid maternity once their PR was granted. Their application for PR was processing when the baby was born.

Nope. We are not. My baby was born on 14/2/18 and I got my pre grant last week when I was out of the country. Really hoping to get my visa granted soon and at least get a couple of weeks paid maternity before she turns one.

Congrats @Sunit fab news!

I don’t think I get it automatically when I come back in the country. It just says ‘ Requirement to return to Australia. I wish to advise that assessment of your application for a Skilled (Residence) (class VB) visa is nearing completion. At the time a decision is made on this application, all visa applicants must be in Australia at the same time for a visa to be granted.’

This has to be a mistake WTF? Have you called them?

When did you get back to Aus?

Hi guys. I received my Pre-grant today as I’m still out of the country. Does anyone know how long it will take now until I get my grant? Argh!!! Why couldn’t they just wait til I got back in 2 days!!! the annoying thing is, I called immigration before I left. The guy on he phone told me there was no such thing as a pre grant for the 887, he also said I didn’t need to notify the dept I was leaving the country as my 489 doesn’t expire until Oct 2019. I asked him to notify Adelaide team just in case and he said he sent through an email letting them know I would be out of the country from dec1st until Jan 11th. But in my pre grant notification, it said that the department wasn’t notified of my departure from Australia. Applied 10/01/2018 first contact 30/7/2018 CO Dat pre-grant 9/01/2019 CO Kimberly

Congrats Karan. Great news.. Who was your CO?

What the hell? Is all the info gone? I was looking at this yesterday and all the dates were mixed up but now I cant see any information either.

It’s not an option for me. I need to back to Ireland to help out a family member for medical reasons. This is the absolute last day I can leave as the procedure is on Tuesday next week. I’ll just hope I get it tomorrow. If not, I’ll just have to accept what happens. This is life!!

That sucks!! How long ago did they get the pre-grant? Do you know if you are entitled to child care rebate or any other entitlements once you can show a pre-grant?