Guest ambergirl Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Hi, my name is Emma. I'm planning a move over to Oz next year (Melbourne) where I hope to work as a nurse under the 136a independent skilled visa. I am making the move on my own so it obviously appears a bit daunting at the moment!!! I have a few questions and any advice would be great, also if there is any one else out there planning something similar it would be great to hear from you. I am hoping to have my skills assessment and the visa application sent by January time, when am I likely to be appointed a case officer? I know this is hard to answer but the reason I ask is I am planning to be in Greece from June-September next year and I don't know whether to: A: Apply in January and front load my medical and police check before I go to Greece around May time, regardless of if I had been apointed a CO. or B: Send the visa application in just before I go in May, then the time I am in Greece would be the time waiting for a CO. My worry with this is that medical and police checks would be requested before I got back. How long do you have after the medical and police checks are requested to submit them? If any one could help with any of this I would be very grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Hi Emma, We got a CO 4 1/2 months after acknowledgment of application. We hadn't front loaded anything and got visa 2 months after that. The medicals are processed pretty quickly, the only thing I would do differently is to get the police checks done as they are taking 26 - 40 days to arrive. Ali x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motherof2 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Can I just ask a quick question about the police checks? Are these the same as the CRB's we have for work and if so can I use that instead? Sorry to hijack your thread Emma. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 No you have to get a police check for the purpose of migration, they are only valid for one year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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