rahulpatel1969

 

Rahul, The site was updated yesterday. There are many changes with the advent of SkillSelect, guess that's why it took time. I was also waiting for this update since Friday and after reading it I have hit the PANIC button! Check it out and let me know what you feel.

I totally agree with you. I went through the update and I have a very pessimist outlook about how they are going to treat cat 5 family sponsored. First the update shows they have processed cat 4 family sponsored till January 6 so should take another two updates before they finish the cat 4 family sponsored and the new applications they might get in higher category of family sponsored might prevent us from ever being processed.

No fortnightly update even today. It should have been there last Friday still no update.

Good to know you have taken over this thread

Does anyone here have an idea of the quotas under each category.

Bad news for all Australian Sponsored cat 5, especially VB and me, will have to wait till July and don't know if they will even keep a quota for family sponsored next year.

Not one person that i can see on various sites who has been allocated CO after April 23rd Monday.

Yes that is why I am saying that category 5 onshore is not prioritised over category offshore.. This is just the number of applicants that are more in category 4 offshore. Yes , we are looking at these 2 months.. Fingers crossed for processing of category 5 offshore.

 

VB as it is you and i both need to get passports done and it should take a month.

VB it is just that cat 4 onshore got over before cat 4 offshore and remember the processing teams and centers are different for both categories.

Rahul,

I agree with you what you are saying but the point is not a single application is processed under category 5 offshore. Category 5 onshore is processed. So according to their website they might also touch some of the category 5 offshore. You are saying we have to wait more. How much more??????????5 years......!!!!!!!

 

VB, at the current rate it shld not be more than a month or two but if they change the rules or things God help us

The number of Priority Group 5 applications processed this program year will ultimately depend on the number of higher priority applications received, and other factors including any change in the size of the Migration Program or variation of the Processing Direction. Many Priority Group 5 applicants still face a considerable wait until their application is allocated to a case officer for processing and may want to consider other options available.

 

This is important VB, if they get more applicants in the other category then we might have to wait

can someone please give me the link to the spreadsheet.

one more down

Virtual Bajwa things seem to have quietened down. No one on any of the site is talking about getting a CO or visa today.

Why doesn't keepherlit post. Really would like to know if he has CO

Congratulations

He wanderdownunder you should have shared that first with us. Congratulations.

Going back to this old query I had. Checking the docs you aren't able to apply front load your medicals if you are a paper applicant. This is because when booking they ask for a TRN which you don't have up front on paper. Hope that clears that up and this might be useful for Hurls10802 (also on paper) although they may well be ahead of me on this by now.

 

Wanderdownunder have you got a CO, what is your status, you are the only september applicant showing not to have got a CO. Please update your status.

What i am seeing is that new CO allocation has come to a halt.

Still no one who has been allocated in April has come forward

Still waiting for the first person who gets CO in April.

wanderdownunder were active on PIO just yesterday (30/03/2012).

 

Well has she/he got CO, any updates

Congrats Patrickw best of luck for a quick visa grant

wanderdownunder is the only one left from the October month. Is the person active. I haven't seen any posts by him/her.

Very optimistic Rahul... I hope this comes true. But I do think so.. Because in coming few weeeks there will be easter holidays.. so there will be no work.

 

You know what there were approximately between 23-25 CO grants in March in forums we both follow for updates. Now add the same number for April and you will see they finish of cat 4.

Very optimistic Rahul... I hope this comes true. But I do think so.. Because in coming few weeeks there will be easter holidays.. so there will be no work.

 

Easter is just a long weekend. One day should not affect much.