nickyc88 Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Prior to yesterday's suspension, quite a few of us managed to lodge applications and are now sitting with fingers crossed, touching wood etc etc hoping our applications are accepted. There's also been speculation about how quickly [or not] these applications may be processed. Please could you add your details below and update on your progress? I'll start... Names: David & Nicky [he's the applicant] Visa Type: 176 QLD sponsored CSL: yes Job: .NET Developer Progress: got the TRN number and they've taken our money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Cazanne Posted May 8, 2010 Share Posted May 8, 2010 Names: Cazanne Visa Type: 176 NSW sponsored CSL: NO Job: Financial Adviser Progress: got the TRN number and they've taken my money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bwanas Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Names: Richard & Sharon Visa Type: 175 CSL: YES Job: Accountant Progress: got our second application in (a paper app) and acknowledgement by DIAC with the time at Friday, May 07, 2010 10:34 PM..........:shocked: Now we wait and hope...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyc88 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 Keeping fingers crossed for all of us! Nicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ouseun Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 very lucky i did it on 6 may boilermaker s/s wa 07/2009 tra 10/2008 ielts 03/2010 now the long wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashgordon Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hi our agents lodged for us with 40mins to spare. We do not have a trn numberyet, so are praying! unless our agent has this. Or do DIAC send this direct on lodgement. We are a bit worried to say the least. Hope tohave some news tomorow. Any one know the score with trn etc? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyc88 Posted May 9, 2010 Author Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hi our agents lodged for us with 40mins to spare. We do not have a trn numberyet, so are praying! unless our agent has this. Or do DIAC send this direct on lodgement. We are a bit worried to say the least. Hope tohave some news tomorow. Any one know the score with trn etc? Thanks Our agent sent ours about an hour after she lodged. I'd ask your agent for this - then you can look online Nicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashgordon Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Thanks ill check with the agent in the morn, It was all a bit hectic on friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claireg Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Names: Pete & Claire (Pete applicant) Visa Type: 176 Family Sponsored (will switch to SS when ACT SS comes through, been waiting 6 weeks) CSL: No Job: Applications & Analyst Programmer Progress: got the TRN number and they've taken our money... and, we have logged on and it says Processing Commenced 07/05/10 Thanks Claire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the coyne family Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hi everyone here's ours, Names: Thomas and Maria. Visa: 176 with family sponsorship. CSL: No Job: General Electrician. Progress: We have a TRN number. They have our money, i got a conformation e mail (today) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rob c Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Name: Rob Visa Type: 176 Victoria State Sponsership CSL : No Job : SMW (sheet metal worker) Progress :Lodged on the 07/05/10. Have TRN number and uploaded all documents today! Ready to go for them tomorrow morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claireg Posted May 9, 2010 Share Posted May 9, 2010 Hi Nicky, the time we finalised the online app was 10.01 pm EST so we did it with just 2 hours to spare. However, when I was looking at the Immi site yesterday I noticed that they had the following info under their "Planned Maintenance Info": Planned system maintenance To allow us to continually improve our systems, online services and products, there will be planned system maintenance on the following days: Friday 7 May 2010 From 11.30 pm Friday 7 May to 1.00 am Saturday 8 May 2010 AEDT (GMT + 10). The following systems may become unavailable during the above times: eLodgement (eVisa and Citizenship) Should you receive a 'Server 500' error message during this time you are encouraged to try again after 1.00 am on Saturday 8 May 2010 AEDT (GMT + 10). So, even though they were saying MIDNIGHT to get the apps in, they really meant 11.30 pm. So glad I didn't cut it too fine and get booted off the system half way through or even worse, just before the review at the end. Me and the OH consider ourselves to be very lucky this time round. We've had a few knocks in this process over the past year and I am sure the road ahead will be a bumpy one too. Fingers crossed for those of us who did just squeeze in there. Claire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Hi Nicky, the time we finalised the online app was 10.01 pm EST so we did it with just 2 hours to spare. However, when I was looking at the Immi site yesterday I noticed that they had the following info under their "Planned Maintenance Info": Planned system maintenance To allow us to continually improve our systems, online services and products, there will be planned system maintenance on the following days: Friday 7 May 2010 From 11.30 pm Friday 7 May to 1.00 am Saturday 8 May 2010 AEDT (GMT + 10). The following systems may become unavailable during the above times: eLodgement (eVisa and Citizenship) Should you receive a 'Server 500' error message during this time you are encouraged to try again after 1.00 am on Saturday 8 May 2010 AEDT (GMT + 10). So, even though they were saying MIDNIGHT to get the apps in, they really meant 11.30 pm. So glad I didn't cut it too fine and get booted off the system half way through or even worse, just before the review at the end. Me and the OH consider ourselves to be very lucky this time round. We've had a few knocks in this process over the past year and I am sure the road ahead will be a bumpy one too. Fingers crossed for those of us who did just squeeze in there. Claire Hi Claire Thanks for the above. There will be an almighty rumpus about the final 30 minutes. It makes the Minister and his senior officials look absolutely incompetent when they said midnight but plainly forgot to tell the people who look after the e-visa system to scrap their maintenance plans for that 30 minutes. The formal complaints about the inconsistency between what DIAC said and what DIAC did will be heaping up, I imagine. Cheers Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest YJ WOO Posted May 10, 2010 Share Posted May 10, 2010 Is it possible how many backlogs they have as of 7th May ended by monthly basis and category as well? If it is possible, we would be able to foresee how they process ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyc88 Posted May 11, 2010 Author Share Posted May 11, 2010 Me and the OH consider ourselves to be very lucky this time round. We've had a few knocks in this process over the past year and I am sure the road ahead will be a bumpy one too. Fingers crossed for those of us who did just squeeze in there. Claire I really feel for the people who missed out because of DIAC's awful communication. Likewise we feel lucky this time. We were about to lodge last time when the MODL was pulled so we do know how this is for those who have missed this time. I'm sure this isn't the end of the upheaval though. I checked today and nothing has changed. I'm not expecting any positive moves, but was checking to make sure they weren't processing a refund!! :skeptical: Nicky x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashgordon Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 We got lodged!!! Overseas emigration have been fantastic so a big thank you to them. At first they had 40 mins but due to a hitch and After a frantic run around they got us lodged at 11.29pm oz time. The system closed secounds after they recieved confirmation. So now we wait for the smp, But what a relief ! Simon, Barb & Katy Landscape Gardener GSM Lodged 07/05/2010 (Just) TRN Number Aplication status / Procesing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyc88 Posted May 12, 2010 Author Share Posted May 12, 2010 they got us lodged at 11.29pm oz time. The system closed secounds after they recieved confirmation. Sounds like you were unbelieveably lucky!!! Nicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claireg Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Sounds like you were unbelieveably lucky!!! Nicky Gosh 1 min to spare, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyc88 Posted May 18, 2010 Author Share Posted May 18, 2010 Has anyone had their applications returned? I was a bit worried for a while but starting to breathe a bit easier now! Am hoping we're not affected by the new SOL. My OH's skills look like they're on there [i think] but it looks like a badly thought through process!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jigish Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 what if they change the pass mark and make that change retrospective? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Is it possible how many backlogs they have as of 7th May ended by monthly basis and category as well? If it is possible, we would be able to foresee how they process ..... Hi Y.j.Woo There was a meetng in London late in 2009 between David Wilden - DIAC's Regional Director for Europe - and 5 PiO Members. To start with, Mr Wilden said that he couldn't see any reason why the public should not see detailed breakdowns of the figures. He said that he would get the figures from Australia and would pass them on. Mr Wilden's colleagues in Canberra refused to let us see the figures. The message came back to me that some patronising officials in Canberra had taken it upon themselves to decide that I and the remainder of the public would find the figures "too confusing" or some other idea that was equally rude. Even an Aussie official in Canberra is not too stupid to work out that if you insult somebody else's intelligence, they will never let you live it down and they will complain about it - and about you - to anyone else who will listen. However the Official Word from DIAC in Canberra is that the Public are too stupid to understand figures that actually belong to the Public, not to DIAC in Canberra, so DIAC won't release any figures unless they are forced to do so. It is extreme cowardice in their part in my view, but there we are. Cheers Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Has anyone had their applications returned? I was a bit worried for a while but starting to breathe a bit easier now! Am hoping we're not affected by the new SOL. My OH's skills look like they're on there [i think] but it looks like a badly thought through process!! Hi Nicky I am aware of 3 cases where the agents had prepared the on-line applications but when they agents tried to submit the applications, they found that the on-line system had packed up, half an hour earlier than planned and stated in DIAC's FAQ about the GSM suspension. The agents can prove that they tried to submit the applications before the cut-off time of midnight AEST. They can also prove that they then e-mailed the ASPC before midnight AEST. It was impossible for them to telephone anybody senior at DIAC at almost midnight on a Friday night. One of the aggrieved applicants tells me that at present, DIAC refuse to accept that the agents tried everything what was sensible. However I don't think that the Jobsworth who tried to cling to DIAC's petty little internal "rules" is likely to get away with that. For whatever reason, the DIAC visa lodgement system packed up a full 30 minutes earlier than DIAC had stated in their FAQ. Natural justice demands that DIAC should throw their internal rule book (and Jobworth) away in order to accept any attempts at lodgement that were made during the final, crucial 30 minutes. Senior DIAC Officers are now involved, including DIAC's Chief Solicitor, so with a bit of luck, DIAC will accept that they must take responsibility for whatever went wrong with their computer and that they must therefore also accept any attempts to lodge applications made between 23:30 and midnight that night. Hopefully it will be OK but there is no confirmation of that as yet. Cheers Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gollywobbler Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Hi Nicky, the time we finalised the online app was 10.01 pm EST so we did it with just 2 hours to spare. However, when I was looking at the Immi site yesterday I noticed that they had the following info under their "Planned Maintenance Info": Planned system maintenance To allow us to continually improve our systems, online services and products, there will be planned system maintenance on the following days: Friday 7 May 2010 From 11.30 pm Friday 7 May to 1.00 am Saturday 8 May 2010 AEDT (GMT + 10). The following systems may become unavailable during the above times: eLodgement (eVisa and Citizenship) Should you receive a 'Server 500' error message during this time you are encouraged to try again after 1.00 am on Saturday 8 May 2010 AEDT (GMT + 10). So, even though they were saying MIDNIGHT to get the apps in, they really meant 11.30 pm. So glad I didn't cut it too fine and get booted off the system half way through or even worse, just before the review at the end. Me and the OH consider ourselves to be very lucky this time round. We've had a few knocks in this process over the past year and I am sure the road ahead will be a bumpy one too. Fingers crossed for those of us who did just squeeze in there. Claire Hi Claire Your beady eyes in spotting the DIAC message above may well prove to be pivotal. The message has been passed on to DIAC in Canberra because the message does suggest that their IT people took the system off line deliberately, 30 minutes before the deadline stated in the FAQ. VERY well done to you for spotting the message about the planned maintenance. It might well save the bacon for many more than 3 applicants. Fingers crossed! Cheers Gill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyc88 Posted May 18, 2010 Author Share Posted May 18, 2010 Hi Nicky I am aware of 3 cases where the agents had prepared the on-line applications but when they agents tried to submit the applications, they found that the on-line system had packed up, half an hour earlier than planned and stated in DIAC's FAQ about the GSM suspension. The agents can prove that they tried to submit the applications before the cut-off time of midnight AEST. They can also prove that they then e-mailed the ASPC before midnight AEST. It was impossible for them to telephone anybody senior at DIAC at almost midnight on a Friday night. One of the aggrieved applicants tells me that at present, DIAC refuse to accept that the agents tried everything what was sensible. However I don't think that the Jobsworth who tried to cling to DIAC's petty little internal "rules" is likely to get away with that. For whatever reason, the DIAC visa lodgement system packed up a full 30 minutes earlier than DIAC had stated in their FAQ. Natural justice demands that DIAC should throw their internal rule book (and Jobworth) away in order to accept any attempts at lodgement that were made during the final, crucial 30 minutes. Senior DIAC Officers are now involved, including DIAC's Chief Solicitor, so with a bit of luck, DIAC will accept that they must take responsibility for whatever went wrong with their computer and that they must therefore also accept any attempts to lodge applications made between 23:30 and midnight that night. Hopefully it will be OK but there is no confirmation of that as yet. Cheers Gill How awful for them. But they're lucky you and others are fighting for them. And well done claireg for spotting - and copying the message! Best wishes, Nicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickyc88 Posted June 15, 2010 Author Share Posted June 15, 2010 Just got back from holiday and catching up. Didn't really expect anything to have changed, but I'm an impatient girl! Anyone heard anything?? Nicky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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