kristiestanley Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 Hi i was just wondering if anyone has been through this process, i have spoken to immi this afternoon and they told me i need to have a nomination grant letter (which i thought if you had your nomination refernce number then you had your nomination granted??) which could take upto 6 months to get which makes me think that we dont have our nomination granted as we got this number within hours of lodging the nomination! she said my options were to still put in for the visa and pay for it or wait 6 months before putting in for the visa just incase it doesnt get granted then we wont loose the money, my husband is going to speak to the lady that put our nomonation in but she isnt very easy to speak to, i guess all im asking is some advise on weather to go ahead and pay for it or sit and wait another 6 months? TIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verystormy Posted July 14, 2016 Report Share Posted July 14, 2016 First, never take advice from immigration. They are notorious for giving bad advice and have a legal indemnity for any losses you occur as a result. If a registered migration agent is not involved, then I would urge you to do so - particularly for the company side of the nomination as there is a lot more to it than just filling in some forms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristiestanley Posted July 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 we dont have a migration agent as the company has done quite a few of these before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfie Posted July 15, 2016 Report Share Posted July 15, 2016 I thought 457 would progress to ENS 186 if nominated by employer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristiestanley Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 what does ENS 186 mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfie Posted July 16, 2016 Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 Employer nominated sponsor. It's when you have been on a 457 visa and after 2,yrs your employer can nominate you for a visa. Or if you have a good employer they can nominate you sooner. Sometimes they will pay all visa costs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristiestanley Posted July 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2016 yes we have been nominated for 186 PR visa by my husbands employer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Life Down Under Posted July 25, 2016 Report Share Posted July 25, 2016 Ha ha verystormy, yee of little faith with DIBP!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Life Down Under Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Hi i was just wondering if anyone has been through this process, i have spoken to immi this afternoon and they told me i need to have a nomination grant letter (which i thought if you had your nomination refernce number then you had your nomination granted??) which could take upto 6 months to get which makes me think that we dont have our nomination granted as we got this number within hours of lodging the nomination! she said my options were to still put in for the visa and pay for it or wait 6 months before putting in for the visa just incase it doesnt get granted then we wont loose the money, my husband is going to speak to the lady that put our nomonation in but she isnt very easy to speak to, i guess all im asking is some advise on weather to go ahead and pay for it or sit and wait another 6 months? TIA Hello kristiestanley, I just reread what you wrote and thought I would clarify it for you as i think DIBP may have confused you!! In order to make a valid visa application for a Subclass 186, a Nomination must have been lodged. Upon lodgement you will receive a TRN which is the reference number for the Nomination application. This is generated immediately after transmitted, it is NOT an approval. Then you can apply for your visa if you wish. 99% of the visas I lodge involve me first lodging the Nom then immediately afterwards lodging the visa application, as I wouldnt apply if I felt that my client did not meet all of the required criteria. The risk with this is that if the Nomination is refused, the visa must then automatically be refused. If you have doubt about the Nom being approved you may wish to wait for this and then apply for the visa, but obviously this will then take another 6 months. You are usually given the opportunity to withdraw the visa if the nom is refused, but dependent upon your situation, whether or not you are still on a substantive visa (ie your 457) you may want to get visa refused so that you can appeal to AAT and get a BV whilst waiting for the appeals process! However if refused at AAT you may end up being barred from a further onshore visa as you will be Section48 barred! Hope that isnt too confusing. My advice is if you are not confident, hold fire, wait to see what happens with Nom and then lodge visa application , if you have a visa to remain here on in the meantime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristiestanley Posted August 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2016 Thank you that makes sense, we have spoke to the company and they have said they have never had a refusal and they have done alot of visas so i think were going to go ahead and put our application in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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