Pertenhall

1 minute ago, Zaki said:

Hi Zelda, 

 

Did you ring on that number of grievance which I gave you? 

Yes - we were just told they were busy and we had to wait.  Also submitted a written formal complaint at the end of April and was told that we would have response within 10 working days - we heard nothing!  Another phone call  to follow that up gave us the same response - you just have to wait!!

5 hours ago, Nicole Eire said:

Still waiting very impatiently. No request for 2nd VAC, despite the previous email from immi telling us the amount that would be requested and that we would have 28 days to pay etc... thank you for your patience. How about all the others from March 2015 - Mikenc Pertenhall?? Anything?

No, nothing here.  22 weeks since our AoS paperwork was submitted and still waiting for contact by Centrelink.  Already used up 5 months of our 12 month validity for police checks and medicals and nothing even remotely in sight.

1 minute ago, Geoffandgill said:

No, our daughter went into her local Centrelink office early in the morning and it took her about 20 mins or so with the clerk. We were surprised at how smoothly it all went.

Geoff & Gill

My goodness, that is amazing.  We really don't know what to do - it is 21 weeks today since our daughter submitted the paperwork and we just keep being told that it is on the system and we just have to wait.  How long we have to wait is the burning question!

@Geoffandgill Did you submit your AoS paperwork on line?  I'm guessing you did as it was such a short time between submission and acceptance.

On ‎26‎/‎05‎/‎2018 at 00:21, ant111 said:

No they have 10 days to send it to us from last Thursday. Thanks

@ant111 Could you tell me what telephone number you used to contact Centrelink re this please?

6 hours ago, Ray and Geri said:

Extract from email from PVC received this morning....

UNCLASSIFIED

Dear Sir/Madam,

-          AOS. Please provide a copy of the AOS Acceptance Letter via email once you receive it from Centrelink. We are aware the current processing time for AOS by Centrelink is up to 12 weeks and have extended your application for this duration.

Up to 12 weeks????  That is very interesting.  We are now over 20 weeks and are still waiting to hear something.  We have been quoted 8 weeks and 18 weeks by Centrelink and have exceeded both of these.  We are at a complete loss as to what to do next.  Is there anyone else out there who has been waiting this long?  

12 hours ago, Tidang said:

Hi Miken C , Pertenhall and anyone who applied in march 2015 . Have any news or 2nd payment request and to me when i submitted all documents include AOS acceptance letter in 7 may 2018 How long can i get 2nd payment request . After one week wait for 2nd payment request Im so worry.

Still waiting to hear that AoS is approved!

2 hours ago, Peter2 said:

My AoS form was lodged in December and just got the phone interview today.

They asked me to submit a document declaring that I'm the sole assurer. The same thing is requested from my sister who is another assurer. Is it normal?

Note: this is a 2 assurers for 3 applicants situation

Could you put you dates on your signature line so we can see your progress please.  If you go into your account settings and then click on signature - you can then put all your dates in.

1 hour ago, whataday said:

I would suggest you to give a go by calling that number Zaki gave 

Already done that - a few times.

1 minute ago, Zaki said:

Validity of medicals Nd Police clearance is one year.  And @whataday Peter are you sure that CPV 7175 seats have been drained? 

I know - but time is marching on!!!

13 minutes ago, whataday said:

Not yet Zaki

Thanks for thinking of me.

It appears that PVC has almost reached the ceiling of places for 2017-2018 FY. If I am lucky I could have a 2nd PVC payment request in the next weeks and may wait to be granted after 1/7/2018 when new budget kicks in according to historical pattern. 

Currently, PVC will hold some places for the applications waiting for AOS and medical clearance before 22/4/2015

 

 Have a great weekend to all roommates here

 

cheers

 

 

That would be nice if some places were held for those awaiting AoS clearance.  However I'm not holding my breath that we will slip in with that.  Nearly 18 weeks and still no contact from Centrelink regarding our AoS.  I think we will definitely be after 1 Jul for granting of our visa - just hoping we get there before we need to re-do police checks and medicals!

2 hours ago, Tidang said:

Pertnhall you should visit centrelink or call them so your AOS can approve soon . Because my sister do it and they just let me know all of this Linda . I just wonder when they give me 2nd vac request ? after AOS paid someone please let me know

Our daughter has already telephoned 3 times and called once - still no joy!

Processing times now shown as 38 - 40 months for 143.

4 hours ago, Seamus said:

I couldn't understand why there are still some ppl like @Pertenhall and @Tidang whose lodgement date is March of 2015 but still have not received the 2nd VAC payment request? They are supposed to be processing late April applications, aren't they?

At least @Tidang has had AoS approved - we are still waiting for that!

4 hours ago, SusieRoo said:

Great to hear how well your application is going, but I am completely baffled why some ppl are getting called for documents (and AoS) months before others.

I can't help thinking immi is in complete meltdown and has now lost control of the process.

“survival of the fittest - mentally.” I'm mentally knackered!

@SusieRoo You and me both!!!

3 hours ago, Tidang said:

Hi Pertenhall why don't you get 2nd payment request because you lodege 12.03.2015 please give me the reason why ?????

We haven't even had our AoS approved yet!  15 weeks and waiting!

24 minutes ago, airlinegal said:

Hi, just some advice for those family members who are soon to pay their AOS.

I work full time, so wanted to make the bond payment for the AOS as part of my mum’s visa application, and head straight to Centrelink with the proof, all in 1 afternoon. This was to minimise time away from work and not create more delays to an already lengthy process. (Comm bank are only open 9.30am-4pm!!!! too ) 

If you are looking to do this, I highly recommend you open up a Comm Bank account prior to setting up the bank guarantee. (You can close it again straight after the transfer.) 

Comm Bank won’t open the bank guarantee account unless you have all the money needed in your hand(cash/ bankers cheque) or are already a Comm Bank customer with the full amount of money sitting in the account, ready to do an instant transfer. 

My personal bank is online based and will do a 3hr telegraphic transfer, but the funds wouldn’t have been available for 24hrs, so Comm Bank said they wouldn’t sign off until the money was available to them, even though they would see it sitting in the account (grrr!) 

So Yesterday after some pleading with my other bank, we were able to get out $10k cash from the ATM to physically take to Comm Bank. 

I cant tell you the stress that brought on, for what should have been an easy process. 

I hope this info is helpful for anyone due to pay theirs soon, so you don’t have to run around like a crazy person begging for cash, as I did yesterday. 

Can you give us details of your dates - submission of application, additional forms, medicals, AoS etc.  Thanks.

4 hours ago, Ray and Geri said:

Hi Bev,

You can try... We have emailed twice now and just been fobbed off both times.... even when we asked specific questions they were ignored and we were basically told we would have to wait. They even had the cheek to tell us that visas were processed in strict date order.... which we know is a outright lie...... The replies we got just left us more frustrated than ever....  But if you do decide to try, good luck.

Ray.   

This is really getting ridiculous  Not to have been asked for further docs etc at the stage you are at is crazy.  Especially when you compare yourselves with HarrisL16 who applied after you and has already had the visa granted.  The whole thing seems to be getting out of hand both with Centrelink and IMMI.  Let's hope they sort things out soon.

3 minutes ago, Judy said:

It's not just AOS processing times. There are those of us in the queue that lodged visa applications before 25 June that are still waiting for invitations for the next step. 

When did you lodge? Could you put details on your signature.

Just now, thomas1965 said:

Did you lodge online or paper form? might be useful info for others.

Another thought is that with the change in income requirements on Apr 1, centrelink might've started processing the applications on a last-in-first-out basis, so they can easily decline the applications that don't meet the income requirement.

We lodged in paper form - on line wasn't available when we lodged.  So if your idea of last-in-first-out basis is correct we probably won't get a look in for months.  So unfair.

I really cannot understand the disparity in the AoS processing times.  There is Thomas 1965 who has his interview within 1 day of submitting the docs and then approval after 4 days and here we are still waiting for a call after over 14 weeks.  Some people seem to get action if they call Centrelink, but we have called and sent e-mails all to no avail.  Anyone got any suggestions?  We are getting desperate here!

2 hours ago, gafuk said:

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We've used Moneycorp - no problems at all.  Very good service.

Well, we have just managed a quick call with our daughter.  She spent 1 hour 20 mins on the phone this morning waiting to speak to someone at AoS Centrelink.  They have confirmed (again) that all the AoS paperwork was received on 3 Jan and that it is all in order.  She was advised that the time for processing is 18 weeks!  Slightly longer than the 8 weeks which other people have been quoted.  She was told to check again in the middle of May!  Having done a spreadsheet with 13 people who have had their AoS approved it would seem that the average waiting time from submission to interview is 10 weeks - the shortest waiting time was 6 weeks and the longest 17 weeks.  The majority were contacted within less than 9 weeks.  We are at 14 already and still waiting.  We are seriously thinking we will have to put in a complaint.

The only good thing about the phone call was that they confirmed that as we had submitted prior to 1 April the old rules apply to us.

7 hours ago, Zaki said:

My sister and brother in law (Sponsors) just rang by Centlink  #Telephonicinterview

FANTASTIC!!!

17 hours ago, Rosiejaq said:

Not sure where this leaves us as we have a daughter with 4 children 6 days a week and a partner who has 3 children 2 days a week. How on earth do we work this out? I am despairing as I don’t that we ever get toOz now they have imposed such ridiculously high figures.  Our daughter and partner don’t have high paid jobs so do we give up now? 

Please don't give up.  We will get there in the end I'm sure.

22 hours ago, NanaJan said:

If you are going this alone, I can highly recommend @Alan Collett

He was worth every penny (cent) we paid him last year.

@NanaJan Thank you - I'll definitely be contacting him this weekend!