Stellajane

Same here, I feel your pain guys. So sorry to hear this again.

Hey @Megrand1, Thank you for taking the effort to write this letter. I fully support the pathway that this group is taking in addressing this issue to a member of the parliament. The wait is indeed endless and horrific. You requested some suggestions, so I'm taking the opportunity to address some concerns of mine. Please do not take this personally, you're doing a great job already and your time and effort is truly appreciated. In order to hopefully make this as successful as possible, please consider the following: Body of letter – use the EPIC format – Engage reader, state the Problem, Inform about solutions, and give a Call to action. In my opinion, your first paragraph states immediately the facts and the numbers rather than engaging the reader to learn to understand where the problem is coming from. I believe a better format would be is engaging the reader with triggering him with a few of the struggles we face on a daily basis due to the processing times. That will want him to understand and learn more about it. So maybe you can re arrange some paragraphs. I also remember a post of @TTTF in which he/she states a few questions to the DHA that might help in stating the problem and informing about solutions. That post is already from a while ago, maybe TTTF can repost to see if it might be helpful? I think it is important to suggest solutions, state questions and make the reader think about to problem. We need to try to make the letter as such that the minister kinda just has to forward it to DHA and ask them. " What is going on here? We have received a complaint that we need to address. Read this, answer the questions and tell me why we have such processing times and what are you going to do about it?. I hope you understand, Stellajane

Here it is... Good luck everybody!

Maybe a good idea to contact SBS news again ? Last time I heard from Shamsher (SBS Punjabi) he was really keen to make an additional story. That was about 2 months ago I think, but at that given point there were a few positive days of grants so it wasn't really an issue then. I did make a post about it here. Shall I look for it and post again?

@hussan I agree with June, test results have to be valid at the day when you lodge for 887. Doesn't matter if it expires whilst waiting on the grant. The IELTS test of my partner was actually only valid for 1 more day after I lodged our 887. So technically still within the time frame, but it scared me a lot hoping that they would acknowledge that and wouldn't ask for a new IELTS test. At the end, we got a direct grant (nov 19)

I only submitted the credits/payments of my payslips on my bank statement. Nothing more and nothing less. And I received a direct grant (applied aug 18 - granted nov 19)

Every day is one day closer to your grant @nudgee Hang in there! You're getting sooooo close now!

Call them, email them, 10x a day! I always live by the quote: "A 'no' you have, a 'yes' you can get. But you need to ask. " Is there any particular reason that you reckon might have caused the delay your application?

@nudgee I thought you mentioned in a previous post not long ago that you received a reply on your complaint stating that you were going to be contacted again within 15 business days. That didn't happen?

Hi @Seacity112, yes I'm still here. Waiting to see some grants for some people here that have helped me during my process. Love this community. You are correct and you should update your Australian police clearance certificate (preferably before it expires). I'm glad to hear that you noticed this and you are intending to update. You can request a new police clearance certificate yourself, through the following website: https://www.afp.gov.au/what-we-do/services/criminal-records/national-police-checks Please know that even when you have applied through an agent, you can make an account yourself on immiaccount, and upload your application from there to attach the documents yourself. You only need to know your 887 application number from your agent which he should give to you.

I do not believe that being employed will be considered as proof of English for your partner. I strongly suggest that your partner takes the IELTS test.

Okay, this is different and I have no knowledge to this. I'm only referring to functional English as a result of an IELTS test. Your case may be different. Hope someone else can help you further with this.

If it is functional English and you have submitted it for your 489 application it is no longer valid unfortunately given the time that it takes to apply for your 887 was 2 years. Functional English is only valid for 12 months. If this is your case, I strongly recommend doing another IELTS test and uploading the results to your 887 application.

3 years depending on the level of English achieved. Functional English is only 12 months valid.

@Hope this is a question where you can find the answer to on our excel tracker under the tab FAQ for 887 applicants. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ApeHDAjEH60WFBNLeq14wvGzegiqGC4KD0U-OyH_w6U/htmlview# Please have a look there. Hope you'll get your grant soon!