Hello My partner and I want to get married before my UK work permit runs out at the end of November and we intend to stay in the UK. I know we need to apply for the certificate of approval before we can register our intention to marry, however my fiancee is dual nationality Australian/ British and h...
Hello, I applied online for Entry clearance on the 12 of May and then posted my documents- when they finally arrived on Tuesday. They were received in Canberra on Wednesday. Does anyone have any idea of the current average processing time for entry clearance in Canberra? I know it's ambitious but I'...
Hi all, Finally got granted work permit and I'm in Melbourne having applied for entry clearance online and waiting to receive the work permit itself before I can send off my passport and supporting documents. The high commission website Canberra says send in 'evidence' of your degrees. I have scans ...
Thanks for this. I thought that might be the case! It's already been a marathon wait in Melbourne waiting for my employer to get their part of the application stuff together so hopefully it'll all speed up sometime soon. When did you put your application in if you don't mind asking?
Hello, Just wondered whether anyone knew the current average processing times for work permits. I've been told it could take longer than the 5-10 working taken before 1st April. Does anyone have any recent experience of this? Mine was sent in last Thursday so I know it's early days, but just want to...
Thanks for this! We were both right. I got my passport back today with new visa in it- same as I had previously so no trouble there. So yes I think my friend at immigration could surely brush up on some stuff! I shudder to think of the number of people he's caused needless stress and pain...So now i...
Ah yes.. a long story. Was due to go on a work trip and then about 4 days before i was due to go my bag was stolen with my passport in it. At the Australian embassy I was told that I could only get a temporary passport as I didn't have enough ID for a permanent one and was issued one in time to go o...
I'm Australian and I've been working in the UK for nearly two years on a working holiday visa. I was granted this before February 12th 2005 - before they changed the rules to only being able to work for one year within the two year visa. I recently had some trouble at immigration when they claimed t...
