Meryl

George,
I have a question:)
Your excel spreadsheet shows a long waiting time for prospective
spouse offshore visas via Washington.
For a US citizen to come here could it truly take 24 weeks?
Meryl

On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:39:54 +0000, George Lombard
<member8124@british_expats.com> wrote:

    >> I have a friend which was refused a visa grant 3 days ago because his
    >> IELTS result was less that vocational level. What if he do a new test
    >> within on or two months and gets a vocational level and sendt it to
    >> ASPC, is it possible not to loose his aplication and money?
    >> Thank you in advance
    >Dear LK,
    >I assume that your failure to mention me means I don't have to answer
    >your enquiry. Since I'm the only agent posting here with experience in
    >MRT or AAT appeals that's a relief :-)
    >Cheers,
    >George Lombard
    >www.austimmigration.com.au

George Lombard

Hi Meryl,

Yes, it could certainly take 24 weeks, as that's the quoted average. In fact, I think it's 25 weeks now, for a subclass 100 spouse visa, but considerable numbers of people get them quicker, as the 25 and 50 percentile figures show.

Cheers,

George Lombard

www.austimmigration.com.au

JIVEBABE

Hi George

I was wondering if you could shed some light on the progress of 138 visas. We hear a lot about 136's and how they are still being processed, albeit slowly now, but I cant seem to find any 138's that have got through since 1st July alterations. Have you had any? If not do you know the reason why? Can we expect them to begin again soon? DIMIA seem to have really put a spoke in the wheel, they were plodding along quite merrily and now they are practically non-existant and DIMIA state the new legislation is going to 'reduce waiting times'...mmh?

Any info would be much appreciated as the silence is getting unbearable.

Thanks in anticipation.

George Lombard

Hi JB,

I can't speak for all "regions" in the ASPC but it does seem that all the sponsored visas have gone on hold while the Centrelink AoS arrangements are sorted out. I haven't done a complete analysis of austimeline.com or our own caseload but can't recall much happening for those applications as against non-priority pre-July applications. But we are getting some encouraging signs that Centrelink is getting on top of its caseload already, so here's hoping it's just a backlag and not a backlog.

Cheers,

George Lombard

www.austimmigration.com.au

marco121068

Hi George,
Have you seen any recent 137 visas go through lately from Pre July applicants?

Meryl

On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 05:18:39 +0000, George Lombard
<member8124@british_expats.com> wrote:

    >> George,
    >> I have a question:)
    >> Your excel spreadsheet shows a long waiting time for prospective
    >> spouse offshore visas via Washington.
    >> For a US citizen to come here could it truly take 24 weeks?
    >> Meryl
    >> On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 11:39:54 +0000, George Lombard
    >> <member8124@british_expats.com> wrote:
    >> >> I have a friend which was refused a visa grant 3 days ago because
    >> >> his
    >> >> IELTS result was less that vocational level. What if he do a new
    >> >> test
    >> >> within on or two months and gets a vocational level and sendt it to
    >> >> ASPC, is it possible not to loose his aplication and money?
    >> >> Thank you in advance
    >> >Dear LK,
    >> >I assume that your failure to mention me means I don't have to answer
    >> >your enquiry. Since I'm the only agent posting here with experience
    >> >in
    >> >MRT or AAT appeals that's a relief :-)
    >> >Cheers,
    >> >George Lombard
    >> >www.austimmigration.com.au
    >Hi Meryl,
    >Yes, it could certainly take 24 weeks, as that's the quoted average. In
    >fact, I think it's 25 weeks now, for a subclass 100 spouse visa, but co-
    >nsiderable numbers of people get them quicker, as the 25 and 50 percent-
    >ile figures show.
    >Cheers,
    >George Lombard
    >www.austimmigration.com.au


I am not very good at understanding the percentile figures. Statistics
has never been strength of mine.:)
Our application is relatively straight forward. Could that mean it may
be processed more quickly than 25 weeks?
I would love to know where people get medical forms to frontload
applications. We were told by DIMIA and by Washington that they are
not given out until after the application is received.
Meryl

JIVEBABE

Thanks for your reply, it is encouraging to think there may be some movement soon.

Lostknight

Dear George,

First I want to apologize for not mentioning your name. I know it is a
big and major mistake missing your name. You helped me so many times
with not just useful but crucial information about my immigration
process, without your help I know I would not be able to successfully
immigrate to Australia. I am sorry for hurting your feelings, and
apologize again. I will never forget your help. So I thank you again
for every response of my questions to you.
Thank you for everything.

Cheers,

LK