Rebbecca

Anyone have an update from the Sunshine Coast? 

Applied 4th May 2018

test 8th May 2019

waiting approval

just sent off for my second foi and a month ago I had a call from the CO after complaining on the global feedback. He said that he approves 400 a week and that he’s in April right now so I’ll be coming up soon. He said keep checking my mailbox so I’ve been doing it daily for over a month now

i said that it was BS that regional areas get longer approvals yet there’s so many people in major cities getting same day approvals and there’s many applicants from 2019 getting their citizenship within a few months. This process is utter BS

On 10/07/2019 at 17:26, Tanwi said:

Wow that's just arrrgg! True with so many people applying who knows how many files one particular case officer handles a day.  

I got a call today from the case officer nd he was just calling to reassure me I’m on the last stages so keep checking my mailbox.... he said he does 400 a week

17 hours ago, Tanwi said:

Does being from a Regional areas means it takes a little bit longer then those in the big cities? Especially if you have all your papers, are documented and there shouldn't be anything hindering ones approval  

Yes it does as it’s usually done at a Centrelink by human services and they send it to the case officers at home affairs. If you are in cities you will have your test at an immigration office which should be interviewed by an actual case officer. Depending on your checks you are most likely to get same day approval. Whereas anyone from regional areas getting interviewed by human services will not be same day approval as they are nothing to do with immigration. It could take months for case officers to even open back up your file again. Which sucks...

On 08/07/2019 at 09:13, Djo said:

No! No approval yet still waiting. Are you from the Sunny coast as well.

 

cheers

Yeah, I applied 4th May 2018 and had my test 8th May 2019 and still no approval. I’m actually getting pissed off seeing people elsewhere getting ceremonies after applying in 2019! It’s so unfair because we are regional...

4 hours ago, n1ck said:

RIP

10 hours ago, DaveD said:

My wife passed in March and still waiting.

So so sorry to hear that

On 09/05/2019 at 18:48, Mrs Depp said:

Hi,

We did our test at the same place as you on the 24th April.

We were told to call Home Affairs after 6wks if we hadn't received our approval letter. 

Will be interesting to see how we both get on. We may get the same ceremony date

Have you got your approval yet? 

On 20/05/2019 at 22:10, Djo said:

Sunshine coast is so slow! I applied 5/1/2018. test on 9/1/2019 still waiting for approval and I know people on the coast that applied end of 2017 and still no approvals....

Any approval yet? This is a joke for the Sunshine Coast when there’s people applying in 2019, getting test and approval! Wtf? Yet up here we get left in the dark! 

25 minutes ago, Mrs Depp said:

Hi,

We did our test at the same place as you on the 24th April.

We were told to call Home Affairs after 6wks if we hadn't received our approval letter. 

Will be interesting to see how we both get on. We may get the same ceremony date

Ah awesome! I called the local council a few months back and they said that they said they have a ceremony in May (doubt we will make that one), July (hopefully that one so I can get HECS before uni), September and November. I really hope we get an approval soon! He told me because he works for human services he can only send off the info I gave him and my test results. He didn’t say about 6 weeks but he did say leave it a few days before you try and contact them. Good luck!!!

Date Applied: 04/05/2018

Council: Sunshine Coast 

Email for Test Date: 17/04/2019

Date of Test/Interview: 08/05/2019

Test/Interview Location: Centrelink Kawana, SC

Immi account Status Approval: waiting

 Approval Letter: waiting

Ceremony: Waiting

hi guys! 

Here is my timeline and I’m just wondering what are other Sunshine Coast timelines like? Because we do the test at Centrelink with the department of human services, they collect the info and test you and then send it to home affairs.

my question is, because we do the test at Centrelink does it mean we get a slower approval than others who get tested at an immigration office? Can other Sunshine Coast residents share their timelines for me please? 

Thank you