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Hi Rick
I see on the BE thread today that the POPC have told somebody that the reason they are still "stuck" on June 2007 applications is because they had an unusually high number of applications in June 2007 from people trying to beat the fees-increase on 1st July 2007.
I reckon that you will have two options when your Parents' CO makes contact.
The first option will be to set a leisurely pace with the AOS, paying the second instalment etc to as to delay the grant of the visas until closer to the time when your Parents will want to travel to Oz.
The alternative will be for you to be pro-active, really push the pace along and get the visas granted asap. Hardly any Parents express a wish to try to wait for as long as possible before they really must make the permanent move to Oz in order not to compromise the ease with which they would be able to get Resident Return vVsas later on, so the majority really aren't worried about trying to defer the date of the grant of the visa for as long as possible. (CPV applicants must also be about the only group on the planet who chirrup with jpy & relief when parting with large sums of money!!)
If you decide to set a fast pace, as we did, there is lots you can do. A lot of this waiting around for letters to arrive in the post is nothing but bureaucratic red tape which is easily cut. A fax machine is a sterling alternative to Auspost for a start and there is no point in leaving modern technology lying around gathering dust...... You get the gist!
Cheers
Gill
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