neepneeps

from the date you paid your bond money to the date you were granted your visa?!!

Our bond is getting paid next week and I am trying to think if it would be foolish to book flights for the start of March....(everything else is done - our CO is just waiting for the AOS bond to be paid, 139 visa ).

Can anyone tell me how long it was for them?\ Weeks? Months?

DAYS??!! (she says hopefully!)

thanks guys! xxx

Mark & Ali

Hi there

My brother paid his bond on 15 November and we received our email visa confirmation on 12 December. Visa 139. Flying out on 10 February, can't wait.

Good luck, hope you don't have to wait too long.

Ali

CathnPaul

Our bond was paid 28th December - and are still waiting.

Weasy

25 days - but it was over Christmas and New Year............

Lou
xx

neepneeps

oh gosh its longer than I thought, so maybe maximum a month?

does anyone know how long it takes to send the passports off for the stickers etc?

I hope Cath you get yours really soon!

Im worried it would be silly to book for 1st March - that would allow 5 weeks for visa grant.. might be cutting it a bit fine looking at what you have all said! Oh well maybe i better just wait.... xx

CathnPaul

Passport turnaround is about 3days. I have sent a couple of peoples off recently and weasy posted hers on a Tuesday I think and got it back on the Friday. It doesnt take long at all.

neepneeps

thanks Cath. you should get yours any day now surely - I just looked at the dates and if its a maximum month from date of bond?

I think i was been overly optimistic thinking it was a matter of days after the bond. Its so annoying as you cant really book anything (in case you might be unlucky and take ages!) x

utopia

Hi NeepNeeps,

Our assurer had the interview on the 22nd of december and the bond was paid on the 29th.
We are still waiting in anticipation.

VanessaB

We are in the same boat our bond was lodged on the 3rd jan and not heard anything our AOS said they was told DIMA have 3 weeks to let you know not sure if this is true
Regards
Vanessa

utopia

Hi Vanessa,

Well this friday it will be 4 weeks of us waiting to hear!

We should be exchanging contracts on Our house as well and completion probably in the next 2 weeks.

So I do hope we hear something very soon.

Good luck to you as well V and everyone else waiting to hear

neepneeps

Yes good luck everyone - keep us posted! It would be good if DIMA could give a rough timescale.. i.e 4 weeks. I think I am not going to book a flight until I actually have it! Just in case! x

jazzys

Whats all this about paying a "bond"?

Cheers

yolandacharm

We have been waiting 11 weeks now and still no word. hmm
Although, we don't need a bond, as far as we know anyway, it has never been mentioned

neepneeps

anyone who was waiting on here - have you got yours yet??!! Hope there is some yes!! x

yolandacharm

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