Original Paper Application Lost By Embassy

[Whitedio]

Hey, I applied offshore about a year and  half ago.

Today I got an Email saying ¨Due to a transition from paper to electronic processing systems, we unfortunately misplaced your original paper application. If you kept a copy of form 147 and supporting documents at the time, could you please scan the documents, attach them to an email and send them to immigration.berlin@dfat.gov.au ¨

 

Does this mean I must restart my process? Or do I keep my spot in the queue so tho say?

[paulhand]

There is no ‘queue’ for 461 visas. I suspect that if you send through all the original papers as requested, Berlin will try and sort this out quickly. 

[Whitedio]

okei, but there is a 30 month waiting process, does that start from when they first recive my papers? if not, im worried that iv waited a year and a half for the 30 monts process to start  ?

[paulhand]

It's not a 'waiting process' - it's a global average of the time that they are currently taking to process 75-90% of all applications. Each embassy processes at a different pace and in the last 18 months they have held back on processing offshore 461s as 461 visa holders have to obtain a travel exemption at the moment. As I said - if you provide the papers requested, I expect they will move relatively swiftly, as they seem to be looking at your application now.

 

 

[Whitedio]

okei, I understand. Thank you Paul