oz_dreamz09

friend,my 2 cents.. dont plan your life,marriage etc around the visa until you get it.. its when you do this that you start getting frustrated.. as everybody has mentioned, I dont think there is any point in a few people raising complaints against DIAC because for them the priority is Australia, ensuring that only genuine candidates are granted visas and security... but at the end of the day, its your life, your decision to complain or not..

sibhead

Typical hillbilly attitude. How about sorry, we are going to sack the incompetent individual(s) and ensure we get it done as soon as possible ?

Dorothy

The OP just wants a decision. What incompetent individual(s) do you propose are sacked? Case officers? ASIO officers? Pakistan's security agency officers?

sibhead

Whoever is responsible - surely that isn't too hard a concept to grasp ?

Dorothy

So then his own country's security agents then. Can you please explain for the class then how complaining to DIAC will acheive this?

sibhead

I wasn't referring to "over the years", I was referring to recent times since the introduction of the CSL and associated priority processing arrangements which you would have known about had you read my posts properly - you criticise the HR applicants yet your comprehension skills in your own language leave much to be desired. I have been on beupdate and have not seen any CSL applications taking more than 12 months for the UK, for example. The waiting times for HR applicants have almost always exceeded the 12 months timeline stated by ASPC at the time, it's a fact. If you want to compare attitudes, let's put everyone on a level playing field and then pass judgement.

I am not surprised the HR applicants are having a go at the administrative inefficiencies they see. If Australia wants to trade on its reputation abroad, that of a highly-developed, friendly nation, and wants to attract the brightest and the best from around the world, it should do rather more with its PR - administrative efficiency is a very important part of the equation. Let's be honest, public sector workers in most western countries are as thick as two short planks and lazy as hell, that's why the private sector doesn't want them - it's just a result of the Keynesian/Socialist mindset that has sucked many in those countries into believing that the government should pay them for doing nothing and adds no more to productivity than paying them unemployment benefits instead. HR applicants cannot understand why things take so long because they don't know how thick and lazy administration staff in developed countries are because their own public sectors are relatively small.

I don't see anybody expecting DIAC to give them a time and date as to when they will get their visa, I see them as expecting DIAC to stick to their own timelines in their service charters. If they can't stick to them, they shouldn't raise expectations by publishing them in the public arena in the first place. It would appear that it may not even be the countries of origin that are causing delays. As discussed earlier in the thread, it appears more to do with ASIO.

As you rightly note governments, or rather their employees, do not care about individuals, but it is the job of governments to ensure that they do their job in the interests of the nation and that includes good PR. As I mentioned, it has more to do with the kind of person that works in an administrative capacity in the public sector.

Just as a matter of interest, why should a security check take months, shouldn't it take hours ? I mean if someone was a threat, wouldn't all the security agencies around the world know, don't they have databases, and why would such individuals be roaming the streets for months undetected, it hardly makes on feel safe does it ?

I don't think anybody mentioned racism as a factor with reference to the Australian migration process, although I have my suspicions about certain people on this forum, but if timelines are bordering on taking the mick, that is an issue. You mention racism far too many times, there's no need to be so defensive.

sibhead

As usual, blame the HR country and ignore who actually does the processing.

Tina7

One doesn't have to be white to be a racist.

Tina7

Your emotional involvement with this issue obscures your ability to see things objectively and from another perspective.

Bermudashorts

There is no such thing as CSL anymore and hasn't been for some months now. It is acknowledged that HR processing can take longer than LR processing. That is because one is HIGH risk and the other LOW risk. Do you understand that?

We don't make the rules on BE, but generally speaking I think it is reasonable of the Australian government to take more time checking out applicants they consider to be high risk. I don't think that makes me racist. In fact, as I am not racist, I could take offense at your posts, if only they were not so pathetic. You seem to be making a big effort to try and come across as intelligent but I can only tell you it is failing dismally. I expect you will tell me to "read your posts properly now" as a deflection, is that the best you can do. Pea brain.

asifrupani

I was just wondering whether other countries like Canada do not have the security check before issuing visa? and if it is there how are they able to finalize the application (grant visa) within in a specific time? Do they have efficient staff, procedure, better relations with other countries' security agencies or they just do not care of security checks?

Regards

Dorothy

Canada gives a timeline of 60 months for high risk countries, yeah? Well, you would think that in 5 years they could get the required information, right?

And as a dual citizen of Canada and Australia I'm glad that both countries do such stringent security checks on potential migrants.

asifrupani

@DOROTHY:But FSW category applicants are being granted with in 9-12 months, am I right?

Pollyana

I have also taken your posting privileges away. You have already been banned more than once. Please stop this trollish behaviour, it really isn't helpful to anyone, least of all those trying to get visas.

Dorothy

What is FSW? It's not something I am familiar with in regard to Australian migration.