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Immigration Forum / Australia and NZ / July 2003August, September & October 2002 Applications
Called up DIMIA today to check on a few applications (coincidentally, four of us in my department applied around the same time) but have yet to have our case officers assigned. Anyone in the same boat or applied around the same time but have recently got your medical and police clearance requests? At least I know I can stop looking into my mailbox in earnest for the next month... Eileen We applied in November 2002, and were requested our medicals the 2nd of June 2003. We received the request directly by mail. Good luck with the waiting! Vanessa Originally posted by Eileen Ong > Anyone in the same boat or applied around the same time but have > recently got your medical and police clearance requests? Eileen, A colleague of mine applied in Sept 2002, and had his 136 visa granted in June 2003. Every application is different, and you may get something from DIMIA when you least expect it :) Peter -- This post is an expression of opinion and is neither legal nor immigration advice. My application was lodged the first week of August 2002. I got a request for Police/Meds mid June 2003 which I sent back end of June. Just waiting around now! Hi Guys, Just to say that we applied Nov 02 and had our med/pc requests in June. There doesn't appear to be any kind of order in when/how applications are assessed. A lot of people who applied as late as May of this year have already had med/pc requested. This doesn't however mean that you should start to worry, my scientific knowledge:lecture: draws me to the conclusion that the assessing officers go into the application room shut their eyes and say "eeny, meeny, miney, mo" and take out that winning pile of forms. Unless of course someone has got a better idea of how this application lottery works You haven't said which visa you have applied for or from which country?? -- Sean or Debbie My application was officially registered in ASPC on 02 Dec 2002. I have received Med/Pol request on 02 Jun 2003 (exactly 6 months). Sent everything off by the end of June, now waiting. Best of luck. Cheers. Applied August 2002. Received request for meds & police checks mid June, returnrd all docs to DIMIA by beginning of July, now just waiting, waiting, waiting...... Contacted our case officer by email to see if they had received said documentation and were told that Adelaide do not give progress reports nor do they confirm receipt of docs. He also said that he was inundated with work but he would keep an eye out for our docs... It gets harder as you get nearer to the end! All the best with your app. Karl do not give progress Eileen Ong wrote in message ... >Called up DIMIA today to check on a few applications (coincidentally, four >of us in my department applied around the same time) but have yet to have [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >Eileen Cathrine as you seem to be a lass who's in the know, in your experience once you have lodged your capital investment bond whats the process, we lodged ours abour 6 weeks ago and just wondered if its going to days, weeks or months? Lynn Thanks Cathrine i guess it a piece of string question really, most people i've encountered seem to have waited no time at all 2-4 weeks, i have contacted my case officer by email to ask if he needed a copy of the bond certificate from me but alas no response, that was 4 weeks ago, i tried calling but was told the usual we dont give updates or acknowledge receipt of documents! i'll just have to keep hassling the postie i guess. Thanks Lynn Hi, I am also one of those applicants who filed in his Independent Skilled migration during hte August 2002 period (30 Aug 2002 was when my applicaiton was received by ASPC) I keep eagerly looking for some commn from ASPC every day after work. So far i haven't received anything from them. I tried to call them up yesterday and i was put on the queue (for over 8 mintues) and i just gave up. I wasn;t interested in paying the telco guys ISD peak rate just to hear the message - Our officers are still busy. I guess a good way to communicate would be fax/e-mail but then you never know if they look into it while a telephone call gives you some feedback as you talk to a human on the other side. All said and done i am keeping my fingers crossed. Just 2 more weeks to go for the 50 week deadline. Yet another Anxious Applicant Manglu Hi Manglu, If you really want to give DIMIA a ring, try calling about 5pm (Adelaide time). The couple of times I called was in the late afternoon and got through very quickly. After my last call, I've "given up hope" for now. Won't be rushing to my mailbox for quite a while :-) Good luck and hope you hear from them very soon! Cheers Eileen > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > Yet another Anxious Applicant > Manglu We sent ours off end of October and got a med /police check request in March. Visas were granted beginning of June. It does seem to be hit and miss, but one thing I would do if you are in a rush to get out there is get your medicals done now. Send off for your police checks as they can takes ages. We waited 6 weeks and had to hassle a lot to get ours through. At least when you do get the request for them you can send them straight off. Otherwise you might have to wait a while to get these sorted. I hope things work out for you soon. Hi Tinaj, Congratulations on getting your visa! Thanks for the advice. I've done my Australian Federal Police Clearance in May 2003. Can't do my Singapore Police Clearance until I get the request from DIMIA, as the Singapore Police wants to see the request letter before would they do it. If not, I would probably have front-loaded my application. As for medicals, it's just walk-in for Singapore clinics that does the medical checks for DIMIA. Hence I'm not concerned about that. Cheers Eileen > We sent ours off end of October and got a med /police check request in > March. Visas were granted beginning of June. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > -- > Posted via http://britishexpats.com We applied 26 Nov 2002. Med and Police requests 1 May, Meds and Police checks arrived in Adelaide by courier on the 17th June. Visa Granted 18th June. We realise we are one of the lucky ones. We did not use an agent and applied for the skilled Independant visa. Good luck to all those still waiting and it happens when you least expect it! Jo |
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