maisiedaisy

To all my fellow exponents of the art of Patience

I would just like to wish all the "Parents in the Waiting Room" a Very Happy Christmas.

To all 2014 applicants, lets hope Santa brings the new year present of speedy completion.

Which would mean a VERY VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR indeed :xmas12: :xmas3::xmas4::xmas25::xmas1::xmas2::xmas7:

Best wishes

Phil

Thanks Phil, and a great Christmas and fab new year to you too. We've all been wearing out the seats in the waiting room that's for sure. Hopefully we're getting closer to the exit sign.

Maisie x

Hi,

Fairly new to POIA

I see no recent threads regarding parents?

I applied for mine in September - agent said it would take 18 months/ 2years, has anybody applied and got their visa any sooner.

Thanks

Welcome Mrs Bee

Lots of nice people here and lots of information. Take a seat in the waiting room and join us in the song 'IMMI get a wriggle on' :wink:

maisie

Friday update -- We are currently assessing for finalization applications lodged up to 10 February 2014

 

Another nice jump, immi is still on a roll, hopefully it will free up some more seats in the waiting room.

 

Joe

That's a good'un Joe, everything crossed it continues to get a wriggle on

Maisie

Immi showing 29 Jan this afternoon (Sydney time)

Yippee this time next week we should be into February with a bit of luck.

Thanx for that Skeelsy

Maisie

Hi. Maisie. Can see you are about 7 weeks ahead of me so interested to hear when you get to case officer. We are going for 173 and didn't get any meds dates with our acknowledgement and as have no AOS this time around so am wondering if we will get 'pre-call' like HarleyPhil did last month as he is 143. Kim

Hi there, I'll definitely post when I hear anything and it can't come quick enough, my bum is going to sleep sat on these chairs in the waiting room

Maisie

Immi up to 20 Jan - still on a roll :wub:

Woohoo! running just short of 22 months then :wink:

maisie

Hi everyone

 

The auto reply from the "test" email this morning says they're now assessing for finalization 143 applications lodged on 2 January 2014.

 

Into 2014 at last!!

 

Cheers

 

Steve

Thanx Steve

Are we beginning to seeing a chink of light at the end of the tunnel?

maisie

Hi Phil

 

Wow now i'm really excited, running

exactly 2 months behind you!

Hopefully in the early new year we should also get requests for medicals, police and a.o.s.

keep us all posted of your progress please, it's so reassuring for us all to hear from someone just in front of us in the dreaded queue.

Julie

Julie

If it helps with the calculations, we lodged on 9 April 2014 and were given our HAP ID at the time so there looks about 2 weeks difference, we were quite probably one of the last lot to receive them before they put a halt on them!

Hope you hear soon

Maisie xx

Hi all

 

The "test" reply this morning says they're now assessing for finalization up to 31 December 2013.

 

Cheers

 

Steve

Excellent news, lets hope it keeps moving along

Maisie

Hi Steve

 

Thank goodness things are moving along. Wouldn't it be nice if IMMI could at least tell applicants if they are one of the 7175 allocation for year ending 30th June 15? At least we would have an idea if we are going to get our grant before or after 1st July.

 

Julie

I think I've aged 10 years with all the uncertainty and all the waiting :mad: I'm hoping they're still working on about 22 months and would be ecstatic if they could reduce that date - one can only hope I suppose!

maisie

Hi Kim

 

Yes seems like pigeon steps; just looked through my old emails and noticed that on 2 November 2014 they were assessing for 9 April 2013, so in almost a year they have only gone forward some 8 months.

 

Regards

 

Steve

I wish they'd get a wriggle on!!!

maisie

Hi Maisie daisy

we lodged same time as you. Whereabouts are you going? We were hoping to be there for Christmas but obis that's not going to happen now but maybe soon after I hope

Linda

Hi there

We're north of Brisbane Linda and it's a beautiful sunny morning :-)

Good luck with your application

maisie xx

Thanks for the update Steve, that's the queue moved by almost a month in the last 2 weeks. Now if they could keep up that run rate that would shorten the waiting list considerably.

 

regards

 

Joe

Fantastic news isn't it, just under 22 months now :-) xxx

Yoohoo, now IMMI are processing for 143's for 8 November 2013 - I think that makes it 22 months at the moment :-)

maisie

Thanks for the update Steve.

 

Go immi, the guys are really on a roll. Hope they aren't watching the ashes as all the applications from the Brits will go back to the bottom of the pile. (If anyone from the parents visa dept read this we promise to cheer on the Aussies when you win them back in Oz.)

 

Joe

Really made me chuckle :-)

The auto reply from immi this morning says they're working on 143 applications lodged on 25 September 2013.

 

I guess we're making some progress?!

Wow! nice to see that jump from the 11th to the 25th, lets hope they keep it up

maisie

Hi all in the waiting room

 

This mornings TEST email states that the waiting time for offshore 143 is 18 - 22 moths, currently assessing 11 Sep 13. It's moving along!

 

Julie

Well that means they moved on 8 days in a week which is a big improvement on previous dates. Lets hope they double it next week. One can but hope!! :-)

maisie xx

I look forward to the day when I see your whoooohoo on PIO, then I will put the champers on ice!!

 

Petina

Still around!

Hi Petina, Can't wait for the day we all clink glasses together :wink: xx

As we've sold our house and moved we've not got access to the internet so we have to keep visiting the Garden Centre, the pub and friends houses to get online LOL - so I'm still around xxxxx

now its 3 sep 2013 date is assessing by immi. i think they are starting to move after long time

.... and they are quoting 18-22 months

Hi Steve

 

can you PM when you get the quotes, I'm calling them tomorrow to arrange a quote I have 4 different companies quoting over the next 3/4 weeks

 

Joe

We have PSS moving our boxes for us when we get our visa, very helpful on the phone.

maisie

Whooooohooooo!! Your bones are right Tabitha! Finally, at long last. Our son did phone the bank and all he was told was that it had been received and we knew that! Anyway, it is champagne tonight - the next one will be somewhere in Brizzie with Maisiedaisy, Vava and who ever else is around!!

 

Good luck everyone and will be in touch soon.

 

Petina

That's fantastic Petina, I'd been looking for the wooohooo :-)

Lots and lots of congratulations to you, and as Joe says, please keep in touch and definitely meet up for a drink or two, or three or .....

maisie xxx

Our son will check tomorrow. Just very annoying

I hope everything is going through all right Petina, I can't imagine being this close and not being able to get the okay!

Keep smiling honey xx

maisie xxxx

Many congratulations Anna. So pleased for you and your parents. Don't think we will get ours today - tomorrow??:rolleyes:

 

Petina

Hope you hear tomorrow Petina, you must be so frustrated - keeping fingers and toes all crossed for you xxxx

maisie

Hi Julie

 

Yes we're full of trepidation now we're on the market; wondering if we've done the right thing without the visa grant and what we'll do if we sell quickly.

 

I guess it's better to try and sell now rather than panic sell if/when we get our visas?

 

Have a safe journey

 

Steve

It's a no win situation Steve, sell your house before you get the visa and worry about not being granted it or wait until you get the visa and be possibly stuck here waiting to sell for a couple of years like our poor Vava! At least with selling first the money is in the bank and if the worst comes to the worst you can always buy again but hopefully it wont come to that. We've sold and are just waiting for our completion date but we had been on the market for 14 months before we got an offer.

maisie

Hi everybody! I got an acknowledgement email today for my 143! This seems rather soon as I only applied 10days ago! They haven't taken any money yet! I notice payment is usually taken first....??? They are saying it is taking approximately 24 months to process.

That's great Karen, now it's a case of just sit and wait !

24 months!!! Urghhhhh! :cry:

maisie