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In my app, it says:
"a) I must work and reside in Queensland for a period of at least two years."
It may not be enforceable, but it's pretty clear about both working and living in Qld.
is that your visa application or state sponsorship application? really doesnt matter cuz as i said, as long as your intention was to live and work in Qld when you submitted your application and while it was being processed, it doesnt matter.i did as much research as i could about this requirement before i actually applied for sponsorship.
in fact i know nsw doesnt give a **** about me. when i agreed to sponsorship i agreed to partake in regular surveys that would ask me where i lived. they told me i didnt have to worry about stating i was interstate fearing for my visa; they want people to be honest so they can accurately assess how the state sponsorship program is working. if people are having to move interstate to find work they reassess the criteria for sponsoring that occupation or drop sponsorship for that occupation all togethor. e.g. the criteria for biochemist for nsw sponsorship changed after my visa was granted. now you must have either 3 years industry experience have worked towards a PhD. VETASSESS, the organization that assess foreign degrees (at least for biochemists), has also since changed how they assess degrees. when i had my degree assessed your degree only had to be at the level required for the occupation. biochemist required a 3 year aussie degree and i have a 4 yr US degree so no problems. but now they require a degree in a related field. my degree is in psychology so i now wouldnt even have a positive degree assessment. i'm rambling: as soon as i got to NSW i contacted the state dept so they knew i was here so i could get this 2 year clock ticking immediately and to get these surveys rolling into me. they told me they dont actually send anyone surveys. they just ask people to voluntarily update them by email. i think its mostly for people who are finding it difficult finding work so they can know which sponsored occupations arent working out well. i've never heard from them since and i've been here 8 months. in fact i was having difficulty finding work so was started looking into moving interstate. i know nsw doesnt give a **** about me. why would they go through the bs of tracking me down and try to take away my visa. are you aware of the insane work load those people have? there are like 5 people in the whole office. they dont have time to worry about me.
That's messed up. I know docs who applied last year and this year and got it in under 2 months. Totally unpredictable then! Maybe because they were docs(?) How long after you got a case manager?
processing times changed dramatically around dec 2008. as a state sponsored applicant i was top priority after the initial changes in processsing priorities. you can find the actual statistics on how long it takes visas to get processed. the benchmark goals for the 176 are 50% processed in 9 months and 75% processed in 12 months. the actual statistics for 2008 are very close to these numbers and actually slightly lower (the 50% and 75%iles are slightly less than 9 and 12 months respectively).
i'd guess your friends were either on a different visa or had occupations on the CSL, which has since trumphed the state sponsored priority. i'm also quite sure employer sponsored is the quickest, but i dont think that path to visa is in the skilled migration program (not sure). i considered the employer sponsored route for a while. the prof i worked for at harvard had plenty of colleagues in Aus and i asked him if he'd contact some about getting me a job and he agreed. but i then found you have to work for the sponsoring employer 2 years and if you don't they CAN revoke your visa. cause i've always been looking to do medicine i didnt want to lock myself into working 2 years (though i will essentially have done it anyway now).