mellymoo

Congrats! Thanks for sharing. Yeah I agree about the positivity. Does not help being negative about things outside our control, so I'm trying to practise that, albeit difficult sometimes haha. Sending positive vibes to all.

Yes I applied using an MA. Sponsorship and nomination was done on 17 April, further info requested 10 June, sponsorship and nomination was then approved 26 August. Visa lodged 27 June, no news from them, unless you count that email they sent after my MA sent countless emails to them asking them to hurry up. Guy from immigration office replied last week saying my MA's email has been referred to him for a response. He stated in the email that he had already sent the application to the relevant department in their national office, and that it can take 7 to 8 weeks or more for processing. Thing is, I don't know if it was 7-8 weeks from last week, or 7-8 weeks from when he sent the application to the relevant department. It almost seemed like he had already transferred my application to the relevant department earlier but then he was told to reply to my MA's email after that because my MA kept sending emails (because we didn't get any replies). Does anyone else get annoyed by the fact that it's a Friday again tomorrow? UGH.

Congrats!

I feel you. I've lodged my visa application on 27th June, no news yet. Recently there seems to be a trend of a 5 months wait with visas lodged around 16th June. I am hoping that is the case for mine as well- hopefully I get my visa granted as it reaches the 5 months mark.