Far apart

Congratulations! We also had our visa approved on Monday the 22nd. 8 months and 22 days after application. It was an email to our CO that triggered the approval- the squeaky wheel gets the oil! I would advise people to contact their CO for an update after the 8.5month mark. The extra week makes all the differnce when you have been apart from your loved one. Good luck to everyone awaiting visa grants!

Hi All. I am a long time reader, first time contributor. Our application for the 100 visa for my fiancé was received on December 31st 2013. We are currently sitting at 8 months 19 days. I think we are a straight forward case and have not been asked to provide additional information. Our case officer is KP. We have been living apart since our application began and the waiting is taking it's toll. I think for me this forum may have provided unrealistic expectations of processing times. We advised our case officer that the applicant would be out of Australia around the 7.5 month mark, thinking the CO might grant us early. Unfortunately this was not the case. Its frustrating seeing people from "higher risk" areas having visas processed before ours. However it looks as though applicants applying in the UK will be waiting longer and longer, especially given the updates to 10-14months. Hopegully we we won't have to wait too much longer