No luck to hit the 25% chance and experience instant approval second time applying for 601 and both times also were also requested to submit documents. Maybe because I have an ongoing/pending subclass 190 hence cannot instant-approve

The previous 601 expired dy after having fund times there so planning to do another trip end of the year

Hmm… doesn’t make sense. You’ve submitted all your documents for the 190, and I’m sure that includes police checks etc… if anything, immigration should look upon this favourably since all the documents are there for their perusal!

Yeah indeed the 190 has everything there. Oh well, process is process, have to follow

Not in rush anyway, so just have to go with the flow

I got instant approval on my last round. Gonna apply next month and see.

Good luck and pls update here!

And good luck with your 190 too! May I know where will you be going when it comes through?

Nice! Good luck with your next one 🤞🏻

Thanks! If all goes well I'll be going to Sydney.

Tho the property crisis and difficulty in securing jobs without local experience is definitely scaring me tho, especially since things are already pretty well established back here

Well, keep in touch please, drop me a PM when you’re there and we could come out for coffee.

wah lau kaya lor

Yes... many newly minted millionaires this year, according to LHDN.

unker is newly minted poor man lo this yr

From one unker to another... you are a humble man

All the best!! let us know how soon you get your visa approved!!

I think they have an algorithm to pick out any applicants that holds malaysian passport and belong to certain age groups for further checking.

currently working in SG, assumed it was auto approval too, but nope, still received the request to submit further info almost immediately after my 601 submission.

Like you, i have a similar long term visa(albeit its the 491) lodged and sitting in their system. That itself should prove to them there is no incentive to overstay. Not sure why their system do not do any cross checks in the database.

Anyway, received my 601 grant couple days later after dumping the docs to them.

This post has been edited by sawannaibaan: Apr 23 2024, 03:02 PM

Hey… another one! Good luck with the application! May I know which part of Australia will you be? We should keep a little informal dossier of Malaysians retiring or moving to Australia and if we’re near enough, we can come out for meet ups and revive the original spirit of the kopitiam forum before the trolls and the cybertroopers took over….

will do!

Yeah I think the age group definitely didn't help, considering how many Malaysians of similar age group overstayed their tourist visa

And nice! Hope you'll be getting the 491 grant soon, the processing time have been going upwards like crazy the last year.

I submitted ETA application on 8th April and until today there is no update. Is the time frame normal? it's has been more than 2 week since I submitted the application

This post has been edited by vk_flyingfox: Apr 24 2024, 08:49 AM

I guess no news is good news. ... if they rejected you, they'd ask for more info.

Could you check the latest status in their app?
Usually if its approved, they'll email you within a couple of days. If they require more info, you'll also be informed via email quite instantly. I last applied in July 2023 and got the email to submit extra info instantly after applying. ETA was approved ~5 days after submitting all the docs. Maybe processing time is much longer now.

And I second the age group algorithm that picks who is required to submit extra info. My family has applied in 2022 and 2023, both times parents (in their 70s) instantly approved while my brother and I (20-30s) instantly received email for further info to be submitted.

Property crisis there? Really .. getting more expensive or cheaper ?