Twinset

Dear all,

Just read the whole of this string - better than any suspense novel!! Flyaway, wish you well and sure your Visa will happen soon.

Have taken a lot away from this, and some very precise emails flying their way to my agent as we speak.

Twinset

dance123

Superb news Maty.............. All the best for you new life in OZ

Maz14

A lot of people do their PCC's and Meds straight away but i'd probably advise against it too. I've only just done mine and applied last November. If you do them too early and there is a delay in processing (very probable!), they will expire and you'll have to do them again anyway! I'd wait about 6 months from application date then do them just to be safe.

Twinset

Maz14,

Interested in your timeline - hearing a lot about delays etc - have you got a case officer? Our agent suggest waiting for request for checks, cos then we know we have a case oficer appointed..

Twinset

Fly Away

Welcome to the thread Twinset!

I hope I do get my visa soon.

To be honest, I am getting angry now. The 475 has restrictive conditions which have to be obeyed and this is what makes me angry, by slowing our processing down, they are making it even more difficult to meet the conditions. The UK housing market is so bad that people need as long as they can to sort things out. 175ers have 4 years after validation to play with, we only have one. I know they have slightly improved the conditions but it is still grossly unfair. We need as much time between grant and validation as possible and they have taken this away from us. God knows how the paperbased applicants feel. You have my total sympathy.

amit1aly

Thank you both very much for your replies, even I was thinking in the same terms of waiting a bit more before going for the medicals & pcc, but there was this temptation of getting everything ready before I get a CO. Now, with your advice I can take courage to wait for some more.

Anyways, please if you can share your view on another question. The definition of Specified Regional Area for 475 visa differ whether you are getting sponsored by a eligible relative or sponsored by a state/territory. Please clarify this a little more. As per the DIAC website, for the relative sponsorship my relative should be living in a designated area, does this mean that I can only live & work in the same area my sponsor is living?

Thanks

Amit

Twinset

Amit,

You would want to be pretty sure on this one: main reference I can find for you is DIAC website:

http://www.immi.gov.au/skilled/gener...ns-sponsor.htm

Think it is fairly black and white on this one: definitely worth getting expert advice

johnnyyt

Hi FA,
thanks for the sympathy but small comfort to myself. I feel really stuffed as not only am I a 475 er but I am also paperbased (used an agent too like many others). Applied March 08 so still waiting for a CO........

Hope you, and everyone elso waiting in limbo land, get some progress soon.

Johnnyyt

Maz14

Hiya
I applied online on 26th November. haven't done this through an agent and not sure if this has delayed things? I was tempted to leave my PCC's and meds until requested but i've just done them. Main reason being, i don't want be asked to do them and then feel like i'm delaying the process. See what you mean though, would be nice to know if a case officer has been assigned. Has your agent given you any ideas of processing times?

Twinset

Hiya,

Originally told anytime from October 08 to March 09: have emailed for a bit more info around their experiences etc - will update once reply received.

Twinset

Wishwewerethere

Any chance of a visa before the end of the world Wednesday DIAC?
Knowing our luck the agent will phone to say it's been granted and then for all of us to disappear into a black hole at that moment.
Still, I suppose it wouldn't matter then, apart from the fact I would miss having a rant on BE.
Feeling very pessimistic, as you might have gathered.

Twinset

Dear all,

This is the professional's view (all names removed to protect the innocent or guilty as the case may be). Response from my agent - which seems to sum up the experience of subscribers to this thread!!

The timeframes provided to you are based on official information published by the Department. As a result, we are not able to provide any other concrete advice on the progress of allocating case officers to immigration applications. In response to the DIAC statement that they are processing visas up to 25th Nov 2007:



"I can, however, say that it is becoming increasingly obvious that the Department is processing some applications lodged after this date. This processing is not methodical, therefore, it is impossible to offer any further advice on progress within the Department.



The Department has issued specific advice that we are not to contact them unless the application in question was lodged two weeks prior to the published allocation date. As a result, it is not practical for us to contact them until sources indicate that they are allocating case officers to applications lodged on the date in question. In your case, this is 24/04/2008.



It is impossible for us to provide an estimation on how quickly the Department will progress in terms of allocating applications to case officers. Taking in to account previous applications, we tend to have a case officer allocated within seven to eight months of lodgement.



The Department specifies on their website that all applications, with the expeption of extreme circumstances, will be finalised within twelve months of lodgement"

Twinset

Fly Away

8 months today for us.

Considering ringing immigration SA and asking their take on things. This slow processing of regional visas is contrary to Australian Migration policy.

Twinset

Agreed,

Just making sure we are not getting too far into the future right now. Plenty of living to be done in the now.

On the upside, more time to get things sorted out this side. I hope you get a resolution soon and will cheer the day you get the good news.

Definitely not getting checks etc done until the CO prompt.

Twinset

debbie222

Still waiting?

Not sure which is more painful...waiting for visa or EA to ring to say we have a viewing?

Dropped the price...AGAIN

Good luck

Debs
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