Hi All,
I submitted the VISA application as follows:
1. Application and payment made 20/10/2012
I called the Parramatta office this morning and was told that it will not be assigned a Case Officer for some time as they are only allocating Case Officers to applications received in April at the moment. That is a huge back load.
I am transferring to the ADF and know some people that applied for there VISA at the end of May and had it granted by mid August.
It seems storage the time frames quoted, it seems different for every one.
From the posts above it looks like 8 weeks before acknowledgement even though it says 10 days on the DIAC website.