Originally Posted by Bix

I've received several PMs asking if I know the procedure for applying for employment at DIAC.

Here's a link that gives the details.

http://www.immi.gov.au/about/careers/

Originally Posted by moneypenny20

Do they sponsor and are their jobs on SOL?

Originally Posted by lonndongeek

Hi All,

Moneypenny has suggested that I post this in here as a reference for some of you...

Having gone through a visa application and now citizenship, I've been pretty much shocked at how fast DIAC have sorted out my visas and citizenship application.

November 2006 - Applied for visa in London. Visa approved 48 hours after application received.
November 2008 - Put docs in for perm visa. Visa approved 24 hours after application received.
1st August 2011, submitted citizenship application. Letter with test date arrived 4 days later.
19th August, sat citizenship exam
31st August, got letter from council inviting me to ceremony in 2 weeks (shame I'll be overseas at the time).

I can't help thinking that something has gone wrong and this has been far too easy, particularly given some of the horror stories I've read on this forum.

Can I still call myself a British Expat once I get a passport with Skippy and Emu on the front cover?

Cheers

LG

Originally Posted by Sam84

over 200,000 visa applicants in cat 5 are awaiting their visa applications to be processed. Some have been waiting for over 3 years. On top of that, there are being told there applications is unlikely to be processed anytime soon.

Let alone those applications in cat 4 , 3 who have to wait for applications in other categories to be processed first. the results is a backlog of many applications which eventually will have to be dealt with ( a major problem)

For me , DIAC is not the most efficient gov dept known to man lol

Originally Posted by Sam84

over 200,000 visa applicants in cat 5 are awaiting their visa applications to be processed. Some have been waiting for over 3 years. On top of that, there are being told there applications is unlikely to be processed anytime soon.

Let alone those applications in cat 4 , 3 who have to wait for applications in other categories to be processed first. the results is a backlog of many applications which eventually will have to be dealt with ( a major problem)

For me , DIAC is not the most efficient gov dept known to man lol

Originally Posted by Sam84

over 200,000 visa applicants in cat 5 are awaiting their visa applications to be processed. Some have been waiting for over 3 years. On top of that, there are being told there applications is unlikely to be processed anytime soon.

Let alone those applications in cat 4 , 3 who have to wait for applications in other categories to be processed first. the results is a backlog of many applications which eventually will have to be dealt with ( a major problem)

For me , DIAC is not the most efficient gov dept known to man lol

Originally Posted by Sam84

over 200,000 visa applicants in cat 5 are awaiting their visa applications to be processed. Some have been waiting for over 3 years. On top of that, there are being told there applications is unlikely to be processed anytime soon.

Let alone those applications in cat 4 , 3 who have to wait for applications in other categories to be processed first. the results is a backlog of many applications which eventually will have to be dealt with ( a major problem)

For me , DIAC is not the most efficient gov dept known to man lol

Originally Posted by Sam84

over 200,000 visa applicants in cat 5 are awaiting their visa applications to be processed. Some have been waiting for over 3 years. On top of that, there are being told there applications is unlikely to be processed anytime soon.

Let alone those applications in cat 4 , 3 who have to wait for applications in other categories to be processed first. the results is a backlog of many applications which eventually will have to be dealt with ( a major problem)

For me , DIAC is not the most efficient gov dept known to man lol

Originally Posted by iwilldoit

Well Im sorry you feel that way, My daughter has just received her visa, after receiving the march 18 letter, we were promised a CO by the end of September and they kept there word, she now has her visa........She applied Jan 10 2011.

Originally Posted by lonndongeek

As others have said, DIAC do as they're told.

Cheers

LG

Originally Posted by Sam84

Hi lonndongeek,

As far as the decision regarding the timeframe and categories of visa applications are concerned, i believe it is the part of the immigration minister ( head of DIAC ?) prerogatives. it is on this basis that i said DIAC is not efficient because the minister decisions has led to a backlog of visa applications. Please correct if i am wrong.

Originally Posted by Sam84

Hi lonndongeek,

As far as the decision regarding the timeframe and categories of visa applications are concerned, i believe it is the part of the immigration minister ( head of DIAC ?) prerogatives. it is on this basis that i said DIAC is not efficient because the minister decisions has led to a backlog of visa applications. Please correct if i am wrong.

Originally Posted by mrsgreenstar76

Actually, there are less than 80k priority 5 (old priority 4) waiting. I made an FOI request, and unless another 122,360 have joined the queue since 30th June, it's significantly less than 200k. I won't upload the whole thing, as I haven't redacted personal information yet, but this page was one of the attachments that they sent me.