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Congratulations to those that have received their visa grant and those still waiting... verily it will end in praise. I appreciate those who have contributed to this fora by given updates and feedback based on personal experiences on their aussie student visa journey. I also acknowledge the silent readers, observers and those who only come on here to seek for help and then zoom off... all of you una well done !!!

My timeline:
University assessment level: AL2
Admission offer: February 24, 2019
Visa application: 26th of May, 2019
Visa refusal: 26th of June, 2019.
Visa reapplication: 28th of June, 2019.
Telephone interview from Pretoria: 24th of August, 2019.
S56 further information request (new COE and most recent 3 months account statement): 5th of November, 2019
further information request submitted : 29th of November, 2019
S57 Natural justice Query: 11th of December, 2019.
Natural justice Query reply: 16th of December, 2019.
so 3hrs later............
IMMI Grant notification mail:16th of December,2019.

lessons learnt: delay is not denial!!!

my message to you, yes you...... never give up, God will do it for you at your appointed time. Before the end of this month you will receive divine grace and favour. you will shout for glory and all your dreams would come into fruition.

Congrats bro... Barakalahu fii

guru1234:
I am a silent follower and Allihamdulilah my grant just dropped this morning 9:40am, minutes after I checked my immi account my agents call to inform of the grant and I rechecked Lo and behold status has changed to finalised.
Timeline;
Biometric and submission May 2
First contact from CO June 14, asked for a clearer and coloured copy of my passport data page, it was submitted same day
Second contact from CO June 19, asked for explanation of previous visa refusal to Canada and that was submitted on June 21st.
Grant landed today 9:45am

School : University of Adelaide, no SOA and English test submitted

This is to boost the morale those still awaiting their grants, Godwilling it will all end in praise

Congratulations.... I'm so happy for you... Go and prosper... I tap into this blessing... I'm next

Joan011:
Yes mine is out and it's a Yes.

To those that lodged their visa application in May, has anyone been contacted by CO yet...

So here we are waiting for our grant as July resumption slowly beckons.... May we all have cause to shout for joy as we patiently await our grant.

Application submitted 28th of May, 2019...
Status: further assessment... No CO contact till date...

I have now seen this.

Thanks Akinke

You may be exempted by school but not by immigration. When I applied, my 1 year Education in UK exempted me for school, but I did an English test because immigration required 3 - 5 years in an English speaking country.

I don't know if the latter requirement is still in place.

Thank you for your comment, however it is also stated on the immigration website that students enrolled in a postgraduate research course also fall into the exemption category

Most people don't acknowledge the fact that University admission processing is different from Immigration processing.
If your school access you and are satisfied you meet up the requirement to study, immigration do not really have the right to question that except may be you have applied to a lower / level 3 institution.

Having said that, you may want to submit a letter from your University in England stating:


Your full names

Program name

Program duration

Language medium of teaching


Most people who apply to an AL1 program also make the mistake of including a bank statement and sometimes end up shooting themselves in the foot. I advise people to wait until asked by the case officer to provide one.
You will never be denied visa on the ground of not providing a bank statement at the time of visa lodgement.

The ball is in your court mate.


Thank you

[quote author=thefortuneone post=78723610]You are exempted from English Language test, because if you are not exempted, the school will not offer you COE.

Best of luck in your visa application.

[thank you ]

Respected Gurus in the house, I seek your opinion and advice on this little, yet complex issue. I recently completed an Msc Degree in public health in England and I was admitted for a doctoral research in Edith Cowan University, Perth Australia. I got my COE on Friday and I'm in the process of making my online visa lodgement. My question evolves around English language test exemptions as I read that student enrolled in a postgraduate research course are exempted from English language proficiency tests as stated on https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/student-500. Excerpts as follows: You do not need to provide evidence of an English test score with your visa application if one of the following applies: you are enrolled in a principal course of study that is a registered school course, a standalone English Language Intensive Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS), or a registered post-graduate research course. My question goes thus, can I proceed with the submission of my e-lodgement as I fall in the exemption category baring in mind that my Uni has indicated in my COE that I have satisfied their English language requirement or do I still need to write an English test prior to submission. Advice and comments are welcome

mrgamers:
How long it took to get stamp after submission

9 days.

ujugirl88:
Ohh, that's nice, did they send you a mail or call you for pick up? Or you just went there?

They sent collection mail

ujugirl88:
Hi dear,pls have you gotten your passport back? If yes, did you pick it from the embassy or vac centre?

Yes I'm in UK already... I picked it up at the embassy

tchimatic:
what's the reason for your visa refusal?
I'm thinking of going for AR also.

ECO used Oanda rate on the date of biometrics and interview for calculation of my maintenance fees instead of rate on the day of application.

RemMag:
Have you called them to find out when you'll get it? What VAC did you use? Maybe you can also check with the VAC...

I haven't called them as I have no clue on what number I can call them on... I used VI VAC and have not gotten a mail or call from them for pickup.

mrgamers:
O believe it takes a week so by this week you shoild get passport. Do let us know.

Thanks... ill surely update once I get it!

mrgamers:
Can anyone share their AR recent timeline and is it the 28 working days or 28 calendar days.

I filed my AR on the 13th of September and got a mail from the ECM dat refusal has been overturned on the 26th of September... so it took 13days in all... I submitted my passport to vac on the 27th and still waiting to get a mail for pickup as last date for school is October 16... anyone got an idea how long it will take to get passport returned back after submission?.

Hello All! Anyone studying in the University of west of England, Bristol... ill be coming in next week and I need accommodation advice...

Bane001:
Tush1986,

By how much ( in £) did the money in your account drop due to the rise in rates?

My friend was in that predicament like I said but got refused for a different reason, which was a mistake by the ECO. The rise in exchange rates caused the money she was holding in Naira to drop by just £50 below the required. I hardly think that's a reason to decline someone a visa.

The day the 28 day count started, the amount in Naira was about £1000 more than required.

It's out of the applicant's control; one can't keep making payments and updating cas every week. they too should know this.

The money dropped by £400, and I had an excess of maintenance funds at about #800,000 on my 28days start date

justwise:
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I do not believe that, not even a single person since 2009? They all had a meeting and decided to keep quiet? Your case is the first and you shouldn't use it to generalize.

I still maintain that one can not keep on topping up maintenance money each time exchange rate goes up.

Well, my write up is just a fora to help would be applicants in such situation. I strongly believe prevention is better than cure. If you believe I'm the first that would get rejected based on that then I concur... but note that @bane001 also said he knows someone that got a refusal based on that...

Rather they lick their wounds and maintain a sense of silence as other people go down the drain. I took the pain to sign up so as to address this issue and prevent a lot of people from towing this path as I am a fresh victim.. I had way more than the funds required when I started my 28days count however the surge in Oanda rate in early August made it fall below the required funds by 100pounds and I got a refusal based on that... the pain of wasting my application fee and priority fee is nothing compared to the feeling of losing a whole calendar year because of an avoidable mistake... to add more salt to injury, the fact that i'll have to state in all my future visa applications that have had a previous refusal is appaling... he who has ears let them ear... congrats to all that had a successful visa application. better luck for is dat got refusal next time

@bane001... well av been following this thread for months now and I have read and digested all the posts here at present and in the years past... I really must give kudos to just wise and other gurus here... as for you question, I will state explicitly that never should you attempt to make a visa application when your maintenance funds has fallen below the funds required regardless of the fact that you had the required amount on the start date... I noticed that just wise has said it over and over again that it wouldn't pose a problem for an applicant so far he has the required funds from day one but that isn't actually true cos those ECO follow the rules stringently... it's not just wise fault to assume his position as that regards cos I carefully noticed he adds that he hasn't seen any person rejected on the basis of fluctuations of the Oanda rate and this is basically because people that got their visa refused based on these issue never bother to come back to this thread and drop their feedback so as to prevent other people from making such mistakes. Rather they lack their wounds and maintain