Janey195406

Thanks for that Fiz...
I've read every post on this thread and am amazed at all the information I've gleaned....
I'm watching most peeps here and on the CPV tracker.. fantastic.. Cant wait till I get on that....
Jane

JohnDeeHart

Sorry to appear dumb, but what are "peeps" Janey?
John

vivchis69

peeps i think is people!!

jtct

UK slang often used in forums/text messages/facbook etc.

Here's some useless info for you - if you live in the USA then Peeps are marshmallow candies. An annual "Peep Off" competition is held in Maryland on the first Saturday after Easter, when Peeps are greatly discounted, to see who can eat the most in 30 minutes.

Sorry to go off thread but I'm just one of those UK 'peeps' on the tracker who hopes to be seeing some action in a couple of months! It is great for calculating your timeline - thanks to Steve for keeping it up to date for us all.

http://www.chireckles.com/cpv/tracker.php

jtct

Did I say next couple of months - we got our Case Officer TODAY!!!!!!!
1st April but no hoax.

poshslice

Well done jtct!
That is amazing, they'll be done by return of post soon!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope you are celebrating.
Cheers Pam

jtct

Still floating on air - can't quite believe it! Will book medicals on Monday and start the form filling etc for police checks tomorrow when we've calmed down a bit.

Less than a year - wow. Its going to get busy in the next few months for a few of us if things are moving this quickly.

Katie1955

So pleased for you both. The timelines are just amazing, they have shortened so much in a fairly short space of time.

Good luck with the medicals & Police checks.

I'm off in 8.5 weeks, being shipped at the end of the month & finish work in 13.5 days time - WOW. Time really does go by so quickly.

Katie

eddie007

Request for second installment of visa received... The grey nomads just have to cough up $68,000

jtct

Good news/bad news - poor but happy?

Well done - the journey is nearly over CONGRATULATIONS

SteveDW

I accidently posted this question in the wrong thread... just thought it should be reposted here.

Maybe I'm anticipating a non-existent problem, but when I get a CO and they request the police check and medical report, they give a time limit of 28 days. This seems a bit tight to me, so are they very strict with this or can they be flexible? Thanks in advance.

And the answer from sonlymewalter:

If you were waiting for the Police check info or a medical appointment and it was outside the 28 days given, just let your CO know there's a hold up and generally as long as they agree they are OK about it.

Alternatively when my parents were due their medicals and police checks, they anticipated roughly when this would be requested and organised it before the request came through. Both the medical and police check were valid for a year anyway so it worked out great and ready to be sent off when requested

Pollyana

The COs do seem pretty flexible with the 28 day limit, whichever visa its for. As long as they now its in progress they are OK, so if you can't do it all within 28 days just let them know whats happening, and as Sonlyme says, you'll be fine

JohnDeeHart

Fantastic, jtct. What's your secret?
Is this just luck or is there something we don't know about your application... like you're loaded perhaps??!!
Eleven months since your acknowledgement means we'd better re-think our intended date for medicals etc.
On the basis that our application was acknowledged in early Feb 2011, we'd intended to apply for medicals, police checks etc around Oct/Nov 2011.
Maybe we should be thinking about September?
Great news and good luck.
John & Eirian

jtct

Our agent told us to wait till we had a CO before arranging medicals and police checks. Our appointment is delayed because of all the holidays this month but, as we have a booking confirmed, they are quite happy as long as we keep them updated and prove we are doing something. You can also ask for an extention if you can't complete these things in the time alloted

jtct

No idea why we got it so early - perhaps they anticipated all the Bank holidays and felt sorry for us! (certainly not loaded - I wish) I've noticed people with agents sometimes are a couple of weeks quicker but not always.

I wrote to ours a few weeks ago when things looked as if they were speeding up to ask if we should book medicals but he advised waiting till we had a CO. Perhaps he did some 'pushing' on our behalf.

Just keep an eye on the tracker and you'll be surprised how quickly the time will pass and log into the other thread for a chat if you are bored/anxious/have news to share etc......