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Exactly why I am anxious to leave the US!
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Has anyone heard from MNO or Silverbobby? They're the only two remaining June applicants without COs. It would be nice to put June to bed.
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I check status regularly. Nothing changed. It'll come... eventually.
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While I'm happy for all the people who got their COs over the past week, it makes me worried/sad. I'm seeing August and September applicants getting COs and my 13 July application is still collecting dust! Ah well, I've been on these threads long enough to know this happens. Hopefully I'll be pink soon...
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Wow! What a difference a couple of days makes! I'm a 13 July applicant. I want to check my status to see if I got a CO, but I'm at work and don't know my passport number or trn by heart to check...
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Was he/she contacted by a CO, or did he/she simply get the Application Being Processed Further line on their application status? ABPF can mean a CO, but not always....
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I don't have the answers for your questions, sorry. But, if I read your signature line right, you applied on 1/7/11, which makes you the first July applicant to be allocated! We've turned a corner folks!
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As a 13th July applicant, I agree! I think we're a few weeks off from that yet...
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Possibly, but remember they have been working with the new system for months now with Cat Is and Cat IIIs. Now, I'm not sure if the same COs work the various categories, but I think so. Remember that Cat 4s don't get allocated unless and until there are COs not taken up by the higher categories. So, it would make sense that they have all been trained because they may have a large influx of higher categories and all COs may need to work those cases. That is to say, I don't think that there are Cat 4 only COs, so they all should have had some experience working with the new system with the higher Categories.
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Have you uploaded everything? If so, it is possible you will go straight to grant.
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Actually this forum has about a dozen such people who applied from 15-30 June who have been allocated. Check the first page or the spreadsheet. In fact, a few of them have already been granted. It is my expectation that June will be fully put to bed in March, but some July applicants will get COs as well. Remember June was a huge month, but there were quite a few who applied at the beginning of July because the points test change made them eligible. After that, we should see then run through months in no time.
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2 updates is probably about right until June is totally put to bed. Of course, going by our thread's spreadsheet, we know they have allocated a lot of people ahead of this. I suspect June will be totally done by the end of the month and some July applicants will start to see COs by the last week of March. Just my guess...
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I hope you're wrong on June 7. That would be another update with less than a week of movement. There have been more allocations this fortnight, so I'm hoping for more movement than that. If 3-4 day moves continue, then June won't be done for another 6 months...
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I would like to see June put to bed, however, my guess for the update is going to be June 15. While SOME 30 June applicants might be allocated this week, other late June applicants will still remain waiting. My guess is that June will be done or nearly done by the following update. There were some people waiting for July to come around because those changes helped them qualify, however, overall, July and later months are much lighter.
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An election has to take place in 1.5 years, but could come earlier if the Government loses a confidence vote. With Labor only holding the tiniest sliver of a majority, the leadership fight could, possibly, result in a sooner election if, for instance, the loser of the leadership battle and his/her allies resign or if they defect... So if Gillard figures her career as a party leader is over, she could throw Labor and Rudd under the bus by triggering an election (which they would likely lose) by voting with the opposition. Such things are possible when you run Parliament with only one vote. I'm just anxious to get to Oz and I worry about things I can't control...
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I was thinking that with the very thin margin with which the Labor Party maintains control, it might result in a general election someway. Or, with a leadership shakeup, there might be a new minister, new policy, and that might cause delays...
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Does anyone think that the political turmoil in Australia's Labor party will translate into longer wait times for grant/allocation? During the last election, I was lurking on this board, and it seemed to really jam things up...
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Its good to see that DIAC is getting back up to speed with processing cat 4s. The update is now at 3 June and we're seeing June allocations and grants every day again. Hopefully they'll finish up June in the next couple of weeks and move on to July in March!
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While Application Being Processed Further can mean that you have a CO assigned, it does not necessarily mean that. I believe that shows up when someone at DIAC has accessed your file online. This could be a CO checking it over, but it could be someone adding a document or simply checking to see that you are indeed in the right processing category, or any one of a thousand other reasons. Since this person is a couple months away from the current month being processed, I would advise them to not get too excited. That said, stranger things have happened.
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Just a question: With there being such a high demand for nurses, did you ever consider trying to find an employer sponsor or even going the state sponsored route? Those applications move very quickly... Now I understand it is probably too late, since you've already spent the money on your current visa application, and you should hopefully have a CO within the next few weeks, but it seems to me that getting employer sponsored would be the route to take if possible.
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It's not impossible that we could start to see some July allocations. DIAC doesn't go in exact chronological order, which is why we still have a May date on the update, but many June applicants already have COs. That would be fine with me, since I'm a July applicant...
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Yay! Great to hear you got your CO. Good luck with the rest...
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I'm going to say that they put May to bed this time. 3 June.
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Congrats! Looks like DIAC might be getting back up and running...
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<p><p>My application is still not progressing at all I'm afraid. No CO yet. In November and December, DIAC was allocating so many COs. Then the Holidays hit and they have been at a standstill.</p></p>
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<p><p>I wouldn't want to be so bold as to advise you or your wife on something as serious as leaving a job or anything like that..., I would feel to guilty if it didn't work out.</p></p>
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<p><p>May and June 2011 were very heavy months for Visa applications because there were changes to the process that went into effect 1 July, so these months may take awhile. It seems like there are far fewer applicants once you get past July (there were people who benefitted from the changes who were waiting for July to apply, like me).</p></p>
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<p><p>So, there is a chance you will have your visa by October, but no one can say for certain. One thing you can do is to frontload your medicals and police checks, and any work verification documents you have to speed along the process once you do have a CO.</p></p>
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<p><p>Good Luck!</p></p>
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