How Long Does It Take For An Oz Student Visa Result?

[Kunjay]

My gf handed the complete application in and was told it would take upto 12 days for a result and that was 1mth ago.

Upon handing it in they made the neccerary checks like calling references ect litetally the next day.

She rang them last week to enquire and was told to not to ring back, just have to wait.

Any other experiences as to how long it should take to get an Oz student visa from in thailand?

[TPI]

I'm interested as well as 3 relatives of mine are applying soon and they're already nervous about Oz immigration!

[Kunjay]

Come on guys surely some of you know someone who applied for an Australian student visa from thailand and how long it took?

[bangkockney]

Normally takes 2 weeks at least.

[Kunjay]

Ok we got the result 6 weeks later and it was rejected!

The application was rejected based on the Auntie who will be financing her neice failing to submit possibly a photo of her business and or some other bank account statement.

The Auntie did provide bank statements but immigration obviously were'nt happy with what was submited.

The autie showed her bank account statements with well over 100k au in it which is a lot for thai's let alone most Aussies.

Also when the Auntie was interveiwed by phone by the immigration officer she didnt know the details like how much the coarse was nor the name of the school in Australia ect. In hindsight my gf should have informed her auntie about this but the Auntie was'nt concerened and she was happy to pay for her neice's study in australia as she is well off.

The rejection letter did'nt specify or pin point the exact reason in fact it was pretty non informative so our agent will now endevour to find out exactly why the visa was rejected although the case is now closed.

[David48]

Ok we got the result 6 weeks later and it was rejected!

The application was rejected based on the Auntie who will be financing her neice failing to submit possibly a photo of her business and or some other bank account statement.

The Auntie did provide bank statements but immigration obviously were'nt happy with what was submited.

The autie showed her bank account statements with well over 100k au in it which is a lot for thai's let alone most Aussies.

Also when the Auntie was interveiwed by phone by the immigration officer she didnt know the details like how much the coarse was nor the name of the school in Australia ect. In hindsight my gf should have informed her auntie about this but the Auntie was'nt concerened and she was happy to pay for her neice's study in australia as she is well off.

The rejection letter did'nt specify or pin point the exact reason in fact it was pretty non informative so our agent will now endevour to find out exactly why the visa was rejected although the case is now closed.

A couple of things ... firstly the Agent you used seems to have poorly prepared the application if there are missing Bank Statements.

As the sponsor, if your GF's Aunt didn't know the details of her niece’s potential education for which she was paying for seems a little loose.

It would be unusual, don't you think that the Australian government issued a letter refusing the application and to have not stated the grounds by which the application was refused.

Have you sighted personally the letter?

Maybe you can replicate it here for advice on further action?

Are you sure that the refusal is not able to be appealed?

Advice from the Embassy or from your Agent or another source?

Just to let you know, you are able to have the refusal reviewed.

Review rights

If you apply for a student visa in Australia and you are refused the visa, you may apply for a review of the decision. You will be notified of your review rights in writing and the time limits for lodging such an appeal.

http://www.immi.gov....ing-student.pdf

Hope that this helps.

EDIT:- My crap spelling

Edited April 25, 2012 by David48

[edwinclapham]

Ok we got the result 6 weeks later and it was rejected!

The application was rejected based on the Auntie who will be financing her neice failing to submit possibly a photo of her business and or some other bank account statement.

The Auntie did provide bank statements but immigration obviously were'nt happy with what was submited.

The autie showed her bank account statements with well over 100k au in it which is a lot for thai's let alone most Aussies.

Also when the Auntie was interveiwed by phone by the immigration officer she didnt know the details like how much the coarse was nor the name of the school in Australia ect. In hindsight my gf should have informed her auntie about this but the Auntie was'nt concerened and she was happy to pay for her neice's study in australia as she is well off.

The rejection letter did'nt specify or pin point the exact reason in fact it was pretty non informative so our agent will now endevour to find out exactly why the visa was rejected although the case is now closed.

They closed the case pretty quickly Kunjay!

Personally I would change agent and if you are interested I do happen to know of a extremely good Australian agent who specialises in difficult cases. If you want to pm me for his details ( I have no connection). Hopefully he might be able to help.

[cobyau]

lol they would want a lot more than 100k in their bank account if they are financing your GF's education.

My GF got a student visa here in Australia (the whole process took under around a month using an immi agent)

Her 2 year Post Graduate course and associated education expenses + living expenses (before she met me anyway lol) ran well into $50k AUD+

Make sure your GF's Auntie is full aware of the associated costs before waiting 6 months and reapplying through a different agent.

[David48]

lol they would want a lot more than 100k in their bank account if they are financing your GF's education.

Make sure your GF's Auntie is full aware of the associated costs before waiting 6 months and reapplying through a different agent.

cobyau, I have to disagree with you.

Auntie has, according to the OP, AUD 100,000 ... a little over 3 Million Baht.

Surely I would have thought that this level of financial support would have been sufficient.

Plus, why do you suggest to wait six months before reapplying?

There is a right of review, so why not take this path first?

[Kunjay]

First of all just clear the monetry situation all that's needed is to show you have 18k au for living expences, the cost of the coarse was aprox 7k for the yr (english school)

The gf had to show she had 18k in her bank account for over 3 months so therfor that ruled out myself putting money into her account because we didnt want to wait 3 months to apply. In hindsight it might have been the way to go.

Only an immediate family member could give her the money so the rich auntie offered to help out and wasnt to concerned about the details which obviously came back and bit us!

Ive been informed by people that know that applying for a review is a waste of time as they rarely get over turned, has anyone heard of an overturn?

The decision was first emailed to the agent but with no relevant info as to why it was reject, the agent had to ring the next day to request a formal letter which was then emailed.

It stated that an origional bank book was need not photocopies of bank statements also proof of income with her business.

NOTE they were fully away she was the owner of her business.

Also then they first rang the gf and asked her if the auntie was aware of everything the gf said YES but when they rang the auntie she wasnt aware of the details like specific cost ie overall costs including where in australia the school was.

My gf has to take some resposiblity for that!

[David48]

Mate, from above ... I'm really sad for your loss.

Still scratching my head about the actions of your Agent.

When we supplied the information for my Gf's Tourist Visa application, even we knew that they wanted the original Bank Passbooks ... as weird as that seems. But they were happy to have copies of mine.

I'm not trying to run your agent down ... I don't even know him/her ... but there certainly appears to be some poor planning on both the Agents and GF's behalf.

As for the 'review' ... out of my depth there I'm afraid.

I'll 'phone a friend' and see if I can attract a better response for you.

EDIT:- re the post below edwinclapham ... great timing ...

Edited April 26, 2012 by David48

[edwinclapham]

If your girlfriend's agent is MARA recognised and it is thought that that the correct procedures have not been followed I would imagine there is a strong case to answer for.

Yes I have heard of cases being overturned. http://www.ombudsman.gov.au/files/diac_proper_process_for_challenging_a_tribunal_decision.pdf

http://www.ombudsman.gov.au/media-releases/show/163

Mara..https://www.mara.gov.au/

https://www.mara.gov.au/Code-of-Conduct/Code-of-Conduct/default.aspx

[poonamc306]

I also want to know whats the case and the result. Even i have one case myself. and i am totally confused how to get the proper information about it. I am new and i don't know what should i have to do in real.

[krisb]

Davids right.

I bet if you took out a dispute it would be overturned.

Theres been a bit of a spotlight lately on student visas and illegally working.

Your case officer at DIAC would have raised a red flag if everyones story didnt gel.

Its that simple.

[simple1]

OP: Others who have more detailed knowledge may wish to comment, but the DIAC site states that "International students need to demonstrate and/or declare that they have genuine access to the living cost amount to be granted a Student visa". Was this criteria addressed in the application? BTW the minimum annual living cost amount has been increased to A$18,610. Go to:

http://www.immi.gov.au/students/knight/change-to-student-visa.htm

[Will27]

OP: Others who have more detailed knowledge may wish to comment, but the DIAC site states that "International students need to demonstrate and/or declare that they have genuine access to the living cost amount to be granted a Student visa". Was this criteria addressed in the application? BTW the minimum annual living cost amount has been increased to A$18,610. Go to:

http://www.immi.gov....tudent-visa.htm

I doubt that you will hear from the OP seeing as his post is 8 months old and

he hasn't been online since April.

Regards

Will

[simple1]

OP: Others who have more detailed knowledge may wish to comment, but the DIAC site states that "International students need to demonstrate and/or declare that they have genuine access to the living cost amount to be granted a Student visa". Was this criteria addressed in the application? BTW the minimum annual living cost amount has been increased to A$18,610. Go to:

http://www.immi.gov....tudent-visa.htm

I doubt that you will hear from the OP seeing as his post is 8 months old and

he hasn't been online since April.

Regards

Will

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