Altavista

Hi,

DIAC has reached till March-2008 of allocation of CO for CSL application in just 9 days.

This is really a great speed that they have finished up the cases of 6 months in just 9 days.

If they going with this speed, they will finish all CSL cases well before May-2009.

racks

Hi,
who mentioned that they have finished allocation till march 2008..??

I am a dec '07 applicant and i havent been assigned a CO yet..??

Altavista

Just browse through this forum and your will get the answer. What visa have you applied for. Are you CSL. You are from HR or LR

My friend who is 175 MODL dec '07 HR country applicant got case office in sep 2008.

mehrafarin

I am from a high risk country, CSl but non MODL. Had applied early march 2008 and have just been assigned a case officer. Your case officer only contacts you if he/she has additional information requests.
I've known people who have been granted their visa when they didn't even know they had a case officer!

mavios

Congrats, when did CO contacted you?

mavios

You should note that many of the applicants between sep 2007 and march 2008 where assigned a CO before Jan 2009. However, after march 2008 there will be more applicants still to be assigned a CO, so the rate might get a bit lower. Anyway, everyone of us has been waiting for at least 6 months and some even more than a year, so we already got used to the waiting game and one or two months more won't make much difference.
Good luck

husaing

Hi Mehr,
How can anyone be on CSL but not on MODL? I think CSL is a subset of MODL.

sco

I'm a dec '07 applicant too. My agent requested DIAC about CO. They answered: Dear Mr. sco! You haven't been allocated yet.... I'm from HR country.

mavios

You are CSL? there must be a mistake somewhere. What is your occupation?

mehrafarin

Thanks I submitted my application on 4th of march last year. I was contacted by my assigned case officer 2 days ago! after a year and a week !

mehrafarin

Yeah that's what I thought so I didn't even check the CSL until a few weeks after I heard it was released! But to my surprise, I found out that my occupation is in CSL. I am an urban planner.

sco

MODL, CSL. Electronics engineer.

Here's their answer:

Dear Agent,
>
> Thank you for your email regarding the subclass 175 visa application for Mr
> sco.
>
> At this stage your clients file has not been allocated to a case officer.
>
> In regard to the status and future progress of the application please refer
> to the information below:
>
> From 1 January 2009, the new Ministerial Direction gives priority
> processing to applications strictly in the following order:
>
> 1. employer sponsorship; then
> 2. State or Territory Sponsorship; then
> 3. an occupation on the Critical Skill List (CSL); then
> 4. Business Skills; then
> 5. an occupation on the MODL; and then
> 6. All other applications
>
> State and territory nominated applications have now all been allocated and
> assessments commenced. CSL applications are being processed in date order
> and at the moment we are assessing files lodged prior to the 1st September
> 2007. It is expected that by the 20 th March 2009 all CSL applications
> lodged prior to September 1st 2007 will be allocated. The next allocations
> will be cases with occupations on the CSL lodged after September 1st 2007
> and not until after all CSL applications are allocated will we be able to
> look at the remaining application priorities. Any further updates to our
> new processing priorities will be posted on the DIAC website which we
> encourage you to review on a regular basis.
>
> We appreciate your patience.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Brian Earl

mavios

it looks like your agent inquiry is old, when ASPC was still processing pre Sep 2007 applications. Now they shifted to post Sep 2007, So I guess your agent had the answer say 2 weeks ago and he informed you only now? could that be the answer?
Good luck

mavios

the following text quoted below is extracted from ASPC auto reply email that I recieved on 2 March 2009. You can see that they already passed the Pre-Sep 2007 applications!!

sco

DIAC's answer - 3 March. You are right, 2 weeks. And I'm still waiting a CO and request(PCC, medicine).