hanm

Hi, It is my first time to write here as I got lots of information here so wish to say thank you & also share some updates on our visa too. My parents applied for 143 on end of June 2014 and we had 3 people in the application including one adult dependent. We've been contacted by Immi on end of November and supplied all the documents except AoS. (Form 80, Police Check, Medical and all documents to prove dependency of third applicant) For AoS, as we need two Assurer (for 3 adults) my one has been done quite smoothly - takes only 7 weeks to get a confirmation letter but we have to change the other assurer so other person lodged on end of November. We have been chasing them up several times but still not get phone interview - while we are chasing up we found that 1) her application is lodged a week and half behind her visit, and 2) missing other supporting documents except the 'form'. I have heard that some of their officers never done AoS before so they are quite confused with the processing. At least we are glad that we found out before contacted by them (otherwise there will be another delays) and better check beforehand to reduce delays even though waiting time is around 1hr ... (to speak someone on the phone, but most of them are quite friendly and supportive) They are now advise 9 weeks to be processed (for phone interview), so I hope we could finalise everything before February or within early February. Hope everyone's application goes smoothly Thanks!