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Hi Mirella, All the very best with your application. I'm a fellow 'Edinburger' too!

Congratulations aussiejo84 I was so tempted to contact my CO on an almost weekly basis but on reflection I'm kind of glad I didn't!

Hi everyone, I've been viewing this forum over the past few months and have found it very informative so thanks to all who actively participate We lodged our PMV back in January 2014 and have just received notification that the visa has been granted - we're absolutely over the moon considering its just a shade over the 8 month mark since we lodged the paperwork. Back in July we received correspondence from the DIBP that our case officer was leaving and we were subsequently being allocated a new case officer - we were really worried that this staff change over may have led to an increase in our visa's processing time, but thankfully our worries were completely unnecessary. I've had to contact both case officers on a few occasions to discuss my application (around the 7 month mark) and have always received a timely reply, although they wouldn't commit to an actual date as to when the visa would likely be granted, but then I guess that's to be expected. Maybe the trick is not to pressurise them? I've also found the European Contact Centre pretty helpful too. I really sympathise with everyone who has been apart from their loved ones whilst their applications are being assessed - its incredibly tough, however the emotional reunion in this amazing country (Sydney was about 34 degrees today and its still spring!) make it definitely worth while. All the very best to those still waiting, patiently, for their visas to be granted.

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