Katerina

Thanks dunken, as we expected no change in Melbourne or Perth, think parra has moved few days..! Hopefully they get back to work on tue...:no:

Sorry to hear your bad news, but honestly what did you expect? Rsms visa depends on the fact that your work for certain employer so if you quit why would you expect him ti support your application ..??

Hi pinkcera what other info they ate looking for if you don't mind me asking..? I can't believe they take such a long break and don't close all open cases..!! That's ridiculous !! Can you not complain anywhere ?

That's fantastic Whoopseydaisy!! Wish you happy and long life in Oz and I am not jealous at all :wub:

Could be because of the visa charge increase from the 1 st of July.. Everybody was trying to lodge before that.. That's my theory anyway

Agree with you dunken, very frustrating isn't it? And now Xmas holidays.. My agent said they (immi) won't do any work for at least 3 weeks so I think this is the way it will stay till mid Jan :mad:

Don't know what happened there but Perth is 2 November RSMS !

Check this out Parramatta Centre of Excellence (COE) ENS cases which were received on 06 June 2011. Parramatta Centre of Excellence (COE) RSMS cases which were received on 25 July 2011 Melbourne Centre of Excellence (COE) ENS cases which were received on 23 June 2011. Melbourne Centre of Excellence (COE) RSMS cases which were received on 1 August 2011 Melbourne is sooo slow! Moved 8 days in 4 wks!!! way to go Perth!!!

Hi Ywool, I am sorry about your troubles with the Vetassess, hopefully you will lodge first thing in Jan. we went for the medicals on tue, it was ok just weight, height, eye sight, ears, feeling tummy area , no questions asked.. Plus bloods and X-ray for adults It took 2 hours all together, biggest problem was the parking!!! Impossible :-( My 3 year old asked in front of the doctor if he is Santa , I said no he is not he is a dr why? Because he has big tummy like Santa...:-)) Fingers crossed Melbourne moved to August!!

Hi one of the girls here lodged in Parra in the end of June and got CO 2 weeks ago!! So not sure what's going on..

I thought i have the wrong update..:-( I think whoopseydaisy lodged in Melbourne :-) have everything crossed for tomorrow!!!

Hi Smawarlock20, I sent email for an update and got this: Parramatta Centre of Excellence (COE) ENS cases which were received on 27 May 2011. Parramatta Centre of Excellence (COE) RSMS cases which were received on 11 July 2011 Melbourne Centre of Excellence (COE) ENS cases which were received on 23 June 2011. Melbourne Centre of Excellence (COE) RSMS cases which were received on 22 July 2011 The Perth Centre of Excellence (COE) ENS cases which were received on 13 June 2011. The Perth Centre of Excellence (COE) RSMS cases which were received on 18 August 2011. I don't think it has been updated yet as the dates are the same for nearly 2 wks now so how did you get the info about Parra doing 19 th of July? Thanks katerina

Hi cheznandi only migration agent can lodge your application DRC and not all of them do it. Katerina

Poor you pinkcera you sound so stressed !! If I was you I would call the CO and give him the full story! At least you would know where you stand and if there is a problem you can deal with it!! But that's just my opinion. What did the agent say about this? Would they not call them on your behalf? Really hope you get there for Xmas!! Take care Katerina

Hi guys, we did our medicals yesterday but that's all the news I have.. Still waiting for CO !! Is it Monday they will update the info about processing times? Thanks

Hi pinkcera, in the acknowledgment letter it says that when you are allocated CO he will contact you within 3 days. So I would think your CO would contact your agent! Did you ask your MA if they know that you have a CO? hopefully you get your positive answer soon

Hi our app was lodged 12/9 at the Melbourne office , unfortunately non DRC :-(, we have no CO yet don't think anything will happen till Jan / February .At least you are already there, we are bloody freezing over here in Irl:mad:

Hi only some MA can lodge DRC, but you could write a Letter to the DIAC explaining the urgency of your situation ( your son's UNI) and they might be able to process your application faster or advice you if you can get some other visa until your RSMs is granted. Don't forget to enclose some proof that he is starting in feb. Our agent wrote a priority letter to the DIAC on our behalf and they moved our application to the "urgent pile" . This was 2 wks ago and so far no CO so I don't know if it's going to help it might be worth the try!

Hi just send blank. Email to vic.pse@immi.gov.au and you will get automatic response with updates for all 3 centres, scroll down the email, it's the last info there

Hi that's great news! Fingers crossed it wont be too long. Did you apply through Melbourne?

Hi boardie, I am not sure what do you mean exactly , maybe you be better off asking a good agent? If you describe you situation they should be able to give you an advice for free or a small fee

Hi ywool, when we lodged our app we got a letter from DIAC saying that it takes 5-7 months for the visa to be processed ! ( low risk countries) That's from the date of lodgement and non DRC. Your application has to go through Melbourne office ( office for QLD) and Melbourne is currently processing end of JULY..!! What I've seen on this forum MOST people get CO in 5-6 months( non DRC) And now Xmas is in the way so I would say add another 3-4 weeks. But you never know , you might be lucky :-)

Hi pinkcera , that's great news!!! Hope it's going to be quick

woow congratulations Chris&Mel and bghkh that was super fast:notworthy:

Hi Ywool,sorry it`s taken me so long to reply,we were away and I can`t post from my iPhone..anyway we (myself and husband) were born in the Czech rep but we have been living in Dublin for over 10 years-that`s the reason for IELTS.Your situation sounds so difficult and stressful!!I can`t even imagen what you must be going through esp with your 2 daughters staying behind,but I am sure it will all come together!I am so use to being just the 2 of us (4 now) .my husband has a good job over here and I am at home with our 2 boys (1.5 and 3.5) he is transfering within the company so it should be quite easy for him.but Iam still very nervous and anxious and this waiting for the visa is killing me !!I have shipping organised,estate agent is ready to rent out our house..so hopefully it won`t be too long. what part of Ireland are you from?any chance your agent is Sandy Coates?she is quite famous in Dublin:biggrin: I am not sure if our application was DRC I must ask her hope everyone is well