April 2008 Applicants
Aug 30th 2008, 2:17 am
#751
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
tiger tiger
you wont believe it im in total shock !
!!!! paperbased april 28th im the luckiest person alive, must give all hope,ive got my co (and my meds and p/c s are on the way), i no im totally shocked and it must give all hope( so sorry for all those ive jumped)
the pile must of been knocked over again,
so im off to see my girlfriend in 2 weeks, ive 2 job interviews in that time, come back for hopefully about 6 weeks then off for good
yes yes yes yes yes
chris
you wont believe it im in total shock !
!!!! paperbased april 28th im the luckiest person alive, must give all hope,ive got my co (and my meds and p/c s are on the way), i no im totally shocked and it must give all hope( so sorry for all those ive jumped)the pile must of been knocked over again,
so im off to see my girlfriend in 2 weeks, ive 2 job interviews in that time, come back for hopefully about 6 weeks then off for good
yes yes yes yes yes
chris
Congratulations!!!
Are you from UK?
Aug 30th 2008, 7:24 am
#752
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
tiger tiger
you wont believe it im in total shock !!!!! paperbased april 28th im the luckiest person alive, must give all hope,ive got my co (and my meds and p/c s are on the way), i no im totally shocked and it must give all hope( so sorry for all those ive jumped)
the pile must of been knocked over again,
so im off to see my girlfriend in 2 weeks, ive 2 job interviews in that time, come back for hopefully about 6 weeks then off for good
yes yes yes yes yes
chris
you wont believe it im in total shock !
!!!! paperbased april 28th im the luckiest person alive, must give all hope,ive got my co (and my meds and p/c s are on the way), i no im totally shocked and it must give all hope( so sorry for all those ive jumped)the pile must of been knocked over again,
so im off to see my girlfriend in 2 weeks, ive 2 job interviews in that time, come back for hopefully about 6 weeks then off for good
yes yes yes yes yes
chris
Aug 30th 2008, 3:07 pm
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
I wonder if the applicants from UK have special precedence.
I'm running out of patience...:curse:
-Kaz
Aug 30th 2008, 9:43 pm
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
Hi Kaz,
Which country are you in?
cheers Jaq
Which country are you in?
cheers Jaq
Aug 31st 2008, 5:00 am
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
The UK is considered as a low risk country and seems to have priority processing. I have no idea what Japan falls under. I am working in the UK and applied on 19 Jan 2008 for a 175 MODL, but as my passport is from a high risk country, no CO, no visa, nothing!
My fellow applicants of my country of origin who are getting their visas NOW is from the end of November 2007...
Aug 31st 2008, 12:52 pm
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
Japan is one of the low-risk countries as well and there shouldn't be any difference from UK applicants. But there does seem to be priorities given to UK applicants from what I see on this website. Oh well, what can we do?
Let's hope to start seeing lots of visa grant to our fellow April applicants soon!!!!
Aug 31st 2008, 5:29 pm
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
Hi Kaznie, vlooi and sushi (I hope I got your names right), it's good to hear your experiences, I hope you don't have to wait too much longer
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We are from the UK and submitted our application in April but don't expect to hear anything for a few months yet. Our emigration agent tells us there is an average 8 month wait at the moment, hopefully the new processing centre in Brisbane will take some of the pressure off Adelaide so these times will come down. I'm encouraged by hearing visas being given in much shorter timescales on this website, but I'm not sure if this is because the applicant is from the Uk, or if the applicant has a skill which is particularly in need, or is it just pure luck....I guess we will never know
Anyway, all the best and I hope you settle in Australia quickly!
Dave
. We are from the UK and submitted our application in April but don't expect to hear anything for a few months yet. Our emigration agent tells us there is an average 8 month wait at the moment, hopefully the new processing centre in Brisbane will take some of the pressure off Adelaide so these times will come down. I'm encouraged by hearing visas being given in much shorter timescales on this website, but I'm not sure if this is because the applicant is from the Uk, or if the applicant has a skill which is particularly in need, or is it just pure luck....I guess we will never know
Anyway, all the best and I hope you settle in Australia quickly!
Dave
Sep 1st 2008, 9:28 am
#760
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
Unofficial Visa Update
1 September Monday
It's a holiday here in USA - Could be an excuse for DIAC Australia...
1 December 2007 Applicant 176
1 for THIS Week
71 for Month of AUGUST
Sep 1st 2008, 9:30 am
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
I reported on a person from South America with a Visa Grant a few weeks ago. I was a little surprised by that - as this site is "BRITISH" so it's unusual to see anyone from other parts of the world - or so I thought. I'm from USA.
Sep 1st 2008, 4:00 pm
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
Interesting....
SYDNEY: Australia is likely to face a crippling shortage in information technology professionals unless policies are changed, a new study has found.
A report by Australian Computer Society (ACS) released last week showed the shortage could grow by 29 per cent by 2010 to over 14,500 full-time positions. This could increase to over 25,000 by 2020.
"Even using the most optimistic forecasts for levels of domestic graduates and of migration into Australia, IT skills shortages will continue or get worse at least until 2012," said John Atkinson, who heads Charles Stuart University's (CSU) School of Business and Information Technology.
"This is a worrying trend considering the strategic importance of IT sector to the Australian economy. According to 2006 data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, IT is one of the main contributors to productivity gains in all sectors of the Australian economy.
"It is also economically more significant than agriculture, defence, education and mining, with over five percent of Australia's full-time professionals and technicians employed in ICT," he added.
- The Economic Times
SYDNEY: Australia is likely to face a crippling shortage in information technology professionals unless policies are changed, a new study has found.
A report by Australian Computer Society (ACS) released last week showed the shortage could grow by 29 per cent by 2010 to over 14,500 full-time positions. This could increase to over 25,000 by 2020.
"Even using the most optimistic forecasts for levels of domestic graduates and of migration into Australia, IT skills shortages will continue or get worse at least until 2012," said John Atkinson, who heads Charles Stuart University's (CSU) School of Business and Information Technology.
"This is a worrying trend considering the strategic importance of IT sector to the Australian economy. According to 2006 data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, IT is one of the main contributors to productivity gains in all sectors of the Australian economy.
"It is also economically more significant than agriculture, defence, education and mining, with over five percent of Australia's full-time professionals and technicians employed in ICT," he added.
- The Economic Times
Sep 1st 2008, 4:29 pm
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
Interesting....
SYDNEY: Australia is likely to face a crippling shortage in information technology professionals unless policies are changed, a new study has found.
A report by Australian Computer Society (ACS) released last week showed the shortage could grow by 29 per cent by 2010 to over 14,500 full-time positions. This could increase to over 25,000 by 2020.
- The Economic Times
SYDNEY: Australia is likely to face a crippling shortage in information technology professionals unless policies are changed, a new study has found.
A report by Australian Computer Society (ACS) released last week showed the shortage could grow by 29 per cent by 2010 to over 14,500 full-time positions. This could increase to over 25,000 by 2020.
- The Economic Times
Perhaps our dream of DH having a "work from home" IT job and we can live where ever we'd like will happen in Australia. It certainly makes you wonder why they aren't moving quicker on getting qualified IT applicants approved!
Any word on your application? Have you scheduled your medicals. I know you had said that you were going to wait until September.
Sep 1st 2008, 4:51 pm
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
Cheers
b
Sep 1st 2008, 5:13 pm
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Re: April 2008 Applicants
Hey Ben *waves*
How you doing?? Not heard anything from you for a while.....perhaps your doing the same thing as me and....
waiting, waiting, waiting........mmmmmmmmm
How you doing?? Not heard anything from you for a while.....perhaps your doing the same thing as me and....
waiting, waiting, waiting........mmmmmmmmm