Hi

I'm an online 20 dec 2007 applicant and I've been told by our agent that we are the oldest case he has on his files!! because of our complicated family circumstances ie my hubby has a child that he has only recently found out is his (child is now 15 years old, mother came forward to CSA after 15 years yes 15 years still can't believe the thought behind this, had to go through DNA testing and everything) We had to add him to our application as a non-migrating child even though we have no contact with him and we have had to send a solicitors letter to his mother asking that he attends a medical or that she signs a stat dec refusing a medical. The letter has been sent to her 3 times with no response. Our agent says for this reason the case officers won't be fighting to review our file.

I phoned immi this morning to be told post lodgement lines were too busy and I had been transfered to pre lodgement but they have no access to our file and so couldn't tell me anything and to file an online query form, waste of time!!!

Sorry if I'm doing nothing but moan but we sold our house 3 months ago and have lived with my parents since, things are getting very difficult, everything is packed and ready to ship including the dog and we just want to go now!

The thought that Christmas is getting closer and if we don;t send our stuff soon it won;t be there in time even if we have an house by then, who knows we could still be in the UK if immi don't get pull their fingers out.

The old 138 category seems to really be getting the worst of it doesn't it. Fill in a complaint form.

Hi All

I applied on 29th Jan 08 and really was getting despondant and then I got my visa this morning!!!!!!

Best of luck to everyone out there still waiting, it will happen!!!

Cx

Congratulations on Visa

Congratulations.

Thanks for letting us know.

I can't get on the DIAC site so no idea if we have any progress....

Congratulations!!

Was that an online application, and which visa category?

Congratulations, really pleased for you there is hope yet!!!

Thanks everyone!!!

It was a family sponsored 176 and online.

I am sat at work with a massive grin on my face and nobody knows! Its a great feeling

I had got so used to the status being the same that I couldn't quite believe my eyes. At least my CO didn't take long so they were freed up for one of you guts

Cx

Wow I really had no idea that online applications were taking so long! I am so used to seeing people on the March applicants thread coming online to say they have visas!

I'm the same visa as you but paperbased. I'll be getting a pension around the time I get my visa....

I'm online too and I applied before Chiara and don't even have a CO....

COMPLAIN! Get onto that webpage and fill it in. Tell them you know that hundreds of March applicants are getting grants. A South Australia sponsored online application should have been granted ages ago. Wow! I am really infuriated on your behalf - what the hell is the government thinking, encouraging people to emigrate to regional areas with policies like state sponsorship and then keeping them waiting indefinitely

This disproves my theory that they might have introduced some sort of system for the online applications, looks like it's just as chaotic as paper.

Hi:
Ours also Dec MODL online low risk country. status change to "application being processed further" on 29/08/08 but still nothing......

That's great news! Don't forget - if you frontloaded you probably won't actually hear from your CO, you will go straight to visa grant. Seems to take a couple of weeks or so from what people write on this website so you're really close

Thanks for your positive word, we have frontloaded all doc, so hopefully close, hope to move end of Nov 08, but need 2 month to resign....

How fantastic! You'll have a beautiful sunny Australian Christmas

Keep us posted.