kronk

Hi

I added my new daughter to our 175 application in December. We had it confirmed by DIAC that we had a case officer appointed in early December.

We asked the question whether they wanted us to go for meds/pccs but they said to wait until CO asks for this. It has been nearly 2 mths since a CO has been appointed. Just a little bit concerned that haven't been asked for meds/pccs yet. I'm guessing that they'd want to be satisfied with rest of documentation before asking for meds/pccs but other people seem to have their first contact with CO when they ask for meds.

Just wondering what other people with COs would make of this or suggest?

Thanks

Les Mighalls

Early December was when your file was allocated (i.e. placed on the end of the CO's queue) not when your CO started work on the file.

Well... I suspect that like most people here your CO went on annual leave from the 19th December to the 19th January.

It's a long weekend this weekend...

My best guess is you will probably hear from your CO about mid-February at the earliest.

kronk

ah ok, so its not necessarily that CO started work on file, I've just been added to another queue instead

ok, hopefully I'll hear soon then, thanks for replying.

Les Mighalls

You got it in one. You lodge and join the queue to be allocated.

You get allocated and you join the queue to be started on.

And if you have missed something out of your application or something is NQR and has to be queried there are two more queues before your file re-commences.

ChickChock

So if a CO has asked for meds and pcc's does that mean they are now working on your file, and due to make a decision?

Dorothy

It means that they are working on your file. Not that it is ready to be decided.

ChickChock

So how long do they work on the file for? we sent all extra employment info and meds/pcc's 2 weeks ago(received by them 11jan). could it be another few months? we lodged paperbased application end of feb 08 from uk. hubbys job is on modl and new csl list.

Pollyana

No-one can tell you that kind of info without a crystal ball, sorry.

Les Mighalls

Or to put it into idiomatic Australian English, "How long is a piece of string?".