pil

I have applie RSMS on 24th August,2009.Last week I called my CO and he said your all papers is fine including medical but your Character Assesment Outstanding.What does it mean.I have submitted my PCC in uk and bangladesh.

Can anyone please advise me how long it will take ?

Ozwanderer

Did he mean it is outstanding as in not yet received? or they have received it and there are further checks to be done?
Checks with some HR countries do take some time.

Or is it that you have applied for the PCCs and one or both have not been sent? and in that case you would need to follow up with your requests.

Dorothy

Nobody can tell you how long it will take. Maybe you should be asking your case officer what they mean about your character assessment being outstanding.

pil

Yes, I have asked my co and he said they sent for check and he also said "it should not be long but I dont know why is taking long".I think i am from HR country thats why might be some time,may be dont know.I have submitted my pcc and they received,confirmed by co.

Do u know is it the last stage of visa finalizing (I mean character assesment)?

Dorothy

No, I don't know and neither does anyone else here. None of us works for DIAC, so we can't tell you what the processing entails.

Duncan_Mc

Hi there,
I have the same story. Character assessment mean external checks. They might take up to 6 months or more. But may be completed in several days.
There are several types of checks: job and other documents verification and security checks. Fist are made by local Aus embassies and the second by special agencies. Sometimes they ask for applicant's state authority to give something like Police certificate and it's up to that state to answer as long (fast) as they want.

As for me I've been waiting for them to finalise since August 2009.

pil

Hello Duncan_Mc,

Do u have any Idea is it the final stage of visa or not?

thanks

Dorothy

How many different ways do you need to be told that nobody knows? Why don't you ask your case officer if it's the last step in your visa? The CO is the only person who can tell you whether there are other things which need to be done, not strangers on the internet.

Duncan_Mc

If all documents are marked as "MET", meds and police checks "finalised" then usually after character verification goes visa finalisation, unless, they have additional questions to ask based on the results of these checks.


BTW. Do you have the "complete character assessment particulars for this applicant" link in your on-ine form?

Duncan_Mc

Did anyone tell you that your messages are of no help for people?

Dorothy

Really think so? Funny, I thought it was helpful to tell someone they should be askign the only person with any knowledge of their visa processing and not some random strangers on the internet.

And did your post answer their question? You simply said that maybe it is maybe it isn't. Just in more words than my answer.

pil

Hello Duncan
Have you hot any news yet?

pil

Dear Duncan,Have you got any news from DIAC yet? As i am the same case like you.