Sonasdog

Seriously, 9 weeks is not a long time. We waited around 8 months before being allocated a case officer and not once during that 8 months did I feel the need to pester DIAC. They have estimated timelines on the website which should be loosley used to gauge how long you should be expecting to wait. We have friends who are now on 11 months and still waiting for case officer allocation. These times were/are for Sponsored Migration and from low risk countries on 187 TRT visa applications.

Guess it depends on the CO as we had to resend all our colour docs as scanned certified copies which to me seems stupid as they become copies of certified copies rather than copies of the originals. Anyway we used the local Police station who happily stamped them and signed them as true copies plus it was free of charge.

Timeline for us - May 2012 - Employer Nomination Approved - Aircraft Engineer, Avionics Sept 2012 - Visa Application submitted April 2013 - Told under new Visa Sub-classes our Employer Nomination does not match our Visa Application Stream - Cancel Visa Application and ask for refund April 2013 - Re-submitted Employer Nomination Acknowledged April 2013 - Visa Application submitted - 187 Temporary Transition - All documumentation/medicals included so effectively DR application. May 2013 - Visa Approved - Original fee refunded As much as DIAC can be a nightmare to deal with I have to say they pulled through for us in a way that was unexpected and a pleasant change from the apparent 'norm'. The CO was very helpful regarding the cancellation, refund and re-submitting of the Visa Application.

Timeline for us - May 2012 - Employer Nomination Approved Sept 2012 - Visa Application submitted April 2013 - Told under new Visa Sub-classes our Employer Nomination does not match our Visa Application Stream - Cancel Visa Application and ask for refund April 2013 - Re-submitted Employer Nomination Acknowledged April 2013 - Visa Application submitted - 187 Temporary Transition - All documumentation/medicals included so effectively DR application. May 2013 - Visa Approved - Original fee refunded As much as DIAC can be a nightmare to deal with I have to say they pulled through for us in a way that was unexpected and a pleasant change from the apparent 'norm'. The CO was very helpful regarding the cancellation, refund and re-submitting of the Visa Application.