mavios

So by now you should have a CO, and my guess is they didn't require any thing from you.
I would say be prepared for a grant

good luck

sco

I sent them PCC and Meds in dec '07, just when they requested. But now PCC's and Meds's lifetime is over, and i'm waiting a new request.

mavios

I think they will request PCC and Meds after they check all the documents first, To my understanding they always ask for PCC and Meds in the final stage after they have all the requirements met.

Good Luck

slackbloke

What do you mean 'just when they requested'? If you didn't and don't have a CO they can't have been requested so you shouldn't have sent them

mavios

I think he means the fact the PCC and MEDs usually being required at the time of application. Also agents had a common practice at that time (dec 2007) to request from the applicant to front load PCC and MEDs

sco

The PCC and Meds were requested two days after lodgement by the Diac(they asked to complete it within 28 days, as usual). They(PCC and Meds) could be requested not only by CO. My agent say: there are a lot of common clerks, who requested different docs (e.g. 1022form, reference letters, another necessary docs), and inspected the case. And when case is proved, it is allocated to CO tomake a decision on visa. it was before priority changes.

By now the allocation to CO depends on priority.

slackbloke

DIAC ask you not to submit PCC and Meds unless specifically requested to by a CO. The description your agent has given doesn't seem to match with the process often described on this forum; nothing is requested until a CO is assigned as far as I understand it. In fact there was a thread yesterday saying the visas are normally provisionally approved with the final step being the meds and PCC, there is no point them being requested unless all the other paperwork has been checked. Your case seems to be very unusual.

fifty_pence

The statement advising applicants to NOT complete their medicals & PCC's unless asked for, has only come up quite recentley - I think after December 17th.

Before that, DIAC would normally email you, along with the acknowledgement and fee reciept, a document checklist asking you to upload all the required documents (on the checklist) with in 28 days. The health requirements and form 47 overseas panel clearence would read 'required' .. So most of the applicants who didn't hire an agent, frontloaded their PCC's and Medicals just to be on the safe side.

coops432

An extract from some of my docs...

Health and Character Checking
Applicants can reduce the time taken to finalise the application by commencing health and character checking before their application is allocated to a case officer, however, applicants and migration agents should be aware that:
o Applicants are responsible for all costs associated with medical examinations and providing police clearances;
o Health examinations and police clearances have limited validity periods, generally for a period of 12 months;
o If clearances expire before the application is finalised they may be requested again, and must be provided at the applicant’s cost;
o The ASPC may need to undertake other checking in respect of the application that can delay a decision; and
o Undertaking health examinations and providing police clearances does not guarantee an application will be successful.
As advised above applicants and Agents can monitor which applications are currently being allocated for assessing when deciding when to undertake health and character procedures.
Important: Applicants are not required to undertake these checks now and can wait until requested to do so by the case officer assessing their application.
Non-migrating family members of SIR visa applicants do not need to undertake health and character checking.

Roni

My friend slackbloke,

If you will read the acknol. letter recived you will see that they said that if you want the proces to be faster you can make the med and pcc

slackbloke

I have an acknowledgement email from July and it does NOT say submitting the meds and pcc upfront will speed up the process.

slackbloke

This is interesting, did you receive this at application time or afterwards? Did you do an online or paper application?

Roni

Health and Character Checking
Applicants can reduce the time taken to finalise the application by commencing health and character checking before their application is allocated to a case officer. Please refer to the sections on health and character checking in the attachment.

slackbloke

Sorry, I have idea what you are talking about. What attachment?

Roni

what you have recived with ack letter