cch

Granted today too! Applied on 28th August, so 9 months and 1 day. Huge surprise that it came so early and such a relief after months of waiting and fretting!

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Have you nudged via email?

How many of you went to Aus to wait for your visa to be granted?

 

My application was received at the beginning of Oct 2014 and I'm heading in June to do some travelling in Aus and Asia with a LOT of savings!

We applied at the end of August 2014 and are due to pack up and leave at the end of April for 4 months travelling Asia. Very much hoping that the visa comes in before we had off to Australia and they don't ask us for more evidence!

I know they say don't make any irreversible travel plans, but we saw this as a once in a life time opportunity.

Enjoy your trip!

Can anyone do me a massive favour and send me KP's email addy? I deleted the email they sent that had the earliest dates I should file medical and police checks. doh!

I have another question regarding the best way to do stat decs from friends . One is in Australia so do they fill in the form, get it witnessed then post hard copy to us in UK. They we can scan and upload to online application. Or is it ok for them to scan it and email to us??

It doesn't make any difference who scans the document, they wouldn't be able to tell who scanned it anyway! Make sure they scan the document in colour to ensure all bases have been covered.

Blimey, just got a call from my CO! That was really quick, I only applied 2 days ago. I think it had something to do with me uploading most of my stuff straight away.

 

No medical stuff before 4th May for me, he quoted the usual 10-14 months but that hopefully it'd be within 12. Exciting!

Did your CO state that hopefully it'd be within 12, or is that something you're hoping for?

I'd be seriously happy if your CO actually mentioned that! Not knowing if the grant is going to be June 2015, October 2015 or somewhere between is a killer.

It's killing me the thought that I might have to wait 14 months for my Visa. Having only applied at the end of August, I'll have no benchmark as to what the processing times are actually going to be like until month 10.

Welcome to the waiting game cch! We're at 8 months and 25 days of our quoted 8-9 month processing time. So, so close, but until we get that email with the grant we'll still worry that something is going to go wrong!

 

Maybe today will be our lucky day....

Thanks Wozziegirl!

Sounds like you're almost there, hang in there not long to go now.

Medical done and Police Check submitted last week. Just a waiting game now...

Good luck!

When did you submit and how long before they asked for the medicals and Police check?

Well, in goes the application, payment and supporting evidence! Just waiting for the wife, my sponsor, now to finish her forms online this weekend. Absolutely gutted about the increase in processing times of up to 14 months. It's really thrown a spanner in the works for us, but nevertheless we'll manage.

I can't help but feel that something is going to go horribly wrong haha.