Miroslav

Yes! Congratulations! The big day has finally come for you! I wish you all the best in your new life and - see you in the Land of Oz ! And now it's time to close this thread ...

:-( Any replies from the CO?

We're here for you, mate . You've had harder steps in this process, waiting is easy, believe me. What's more, they'll have to finish with your case 'till 11/12/13, so you should book your plane tickets - but don't buy them yet!

Don't worry, Tasneem has even opened another account, as a Nigerian , so there'll be even more people here . And since you're the only one left, you'll get it very soon! Now that they've finished with all the others, you've got several COs looking at your files . It's just around the corner, don't loose faith!

I'm moving in January as well - no use of looking for a job just before or during holidays... So you see, you didn't loose anything because of this wait. Apart from a few nerves .

Congratulations Uma! Good luck to you too! You know what? The guy from Nigeria could have been right, they may use alphabetical order - after T for Tasneem comes U for Uma .

Yes! Congratulations Tasneem! Good luck and see you in WA .

The interval is four weeks. That's four weeks after you've taken any action or after their last reply. Take a look at some dates from my timeline: MEDICALS 23/07/2013 & 22/08/2013, VISA GRANT 24/09/2013 . I've had the first round of medical checks on 23/07/2013. Four weeks later, I received the call from IOM telling me they'd made a mistake and that I needed to undergo more tests, which I did the next day - on 22/08/2013. Another four weeks passed, nothing happened, I wrote that e-mail and on 24/09/2013 I received a visa. So, whatever goes wrong prolongs your wait for about a month . It's strange, though, that you've had no feedback since 07/09/2013. I don't know why they're keeping you in the dark.

First time I've written anything to my CO, he didn't reply at all. Although, I only asked for confirmation he received the documents I had sent. Second time, I received a visa grant the day after my e-mail.

I uploaded all needed documents on 17/06/2013 bar medicals and police checks. I would have received the visa in August if the emedical system had worked well. Moreover, it would be even faster if we submitted everything in June. It's possible, of course, there were some checks that were finished quickly, but nobody notified us.

I am 37 and did not have any external checks.

Wow, that's bad . Ahmed, Tasneem, have you written to your COs?

Congratulations Mirwais! Best of luck Down Under !

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I received a grant from a different CO. Maybe we had the same one, maybe there's some kind of post election shakeup there or it's a holiday season in Adelaide .