maroonedNZ

You are very quick to judge and slap people down Dorothy.

Dorothy

How do you figure? Is it because I corrected you on the origin of the site? Or because I said I thought it was unfair that Gingernuts said he/she put files of people who complain to the bottom of the pile?

maroonedNZ

Maybe forums are like emails and tone can be misconstrued but I've seen posts from you around the site that are a bit....fierce!

Dorothy

Well, I apologise if I have upset you in some way. It's not my intention to be "fierce".

GOBLIN

Nitu

Look at the brighter side.

Did you know that applicants for Canadian skilled economic visas are waiting about 70 months (new Delhi) to be granted visas.

By comparison DIAC's processing is way more efficient.

hitchcock71

Fierce - dorothy? you never ! more like a pussy cat x

Angelica666

Hi All

Just want to say, we've been waiting for a co since march (not that long), but I'm 100% sure the DIAC are working hard to process them ASAP, one of the reasons I want to live in Australia is because of how they opperate and dont just let anyone into the country like the UK!!!!!

Angelica x

geordies4life

i agree i have also been waiting since march, just be saving money while you wait thats what i am doing lots of over time give us the best chances at the other end.

Zambia

Hey Im in the UK I waited 6 months for a pre-ack. ...no-one likes waiting. Tell you what apply for british citizenship , get that then apply from the UK as a low risk. No-one laugh i know someone who is doing just that.

Cheetah7

Our visa took 19 months, my husband is a British Citizen and was living in the UK, but was born in a high risk country.

The length of time it took to process his visa was NOT down to DIAC, it was down to his country of origin and their frustratingly slow and almost non responsive length of time in replying to Australian security check requests.

DIAC don't enjoy having a backlog of applications and it is not done purposely or to be racist as some have accused in other threads. You may well find that while the checks for high risk countries are stringent, the delays will often lie with the country of origin. If they don't comply in timely fashion then you get your delays.

In a perfect world your visa would be processed in the specified time but this can only be done when everyone involved in the process works to the time allowed - and that is impossible when high risk countries take their time in their part of processing.

Waiting is hard, 19 months was a killer for me but at no point did I ever think of lodging a complaint, an enquiry was made by our agent to find the status but never a complaint.

Dorothy

This is one of the fallicies of BE. It is NOT easy to be granted residency rights in UK. In fact, my husband and I did not qualify for a visa to England, so therefore looked at New Zealand before finally deciding on Australia. I suggest you take a look at the Home Office website for the criteria for emigration to UK before deciding that they let "just anyone in".

joho

I second Dorothy's answer, sometimes its not always down to DIAC being slow but the country where the applicant is based being very slow to respond, painfully slow. A prime example is PP in the other forum who is english but her spouse is from a high risk country (i believe) it took her painfully long to get her visa but she made it in the end. No point in getting their back up. Try to stay cool these hoops we jump through are there for a reason and when you finally live here would you want them to let just anyone in.

Jo

PS Dororthy I think my cat is aiming to be the one on your avatar In fact I think its the pin up on her wall.

joho

OOps sorry PP didnt read this properly to see you had already said it. Woops.

Jo

aus2be_OH

No wonder people complain about the lack of efficiency of public sector departments when this type of crap goes on.

Remind me, where do public sector salaries come from?

Pollyana

Please don't judge ALL public servants by the comments made by one person.....
Personally I hate people that make complaints as I then have to stop work in order to source all the info to reply to the complaint, but I wouldn't let it affect my treatment of the original issue.