Onshore partner visa- still no CO!

[Guest smeetab]

hi all,

ive applied for an onshore partner visa back in septemeber. on the letter from immigration it stated being assigned a CO will take 6-8 weeks but the overall timeline for the decision to be made is 6-9 months.

its been about 3 months now and i still havnt been assigned a CO- when ive called immigration they skim around the fact that my CO assignment time is overdue but keep on stating it will take 6-9 months for my final desision- which im perfectly aware of!

when i last called back the lady said it could take upto 6 months to get assigned a co- and when i asked if that's the case why does it say on the letter it will take 6-8 weeks her reply was "i don't know" - efficent government workers!

 

i was just wondering, those of you who has applied for the same in the past how long did it roughly take for you to be assigned your CO? just so i have a valid clue.

 

these government workers are horrid- so any help would be much appreicated.

 

thanks alot,

Smeeta

[piglet1]

Did you front load everything?

 

I applied offshore, and was assigned a CO on the spot, skimmed through my documents and told me what are missing. Then 2 weeks later she told me to go for my medicals which i did 2 days ago.

[Guest smeetab]

yea i had front loaded my police checks from england and australia, medicals and the form 80 just in case!

[Guest pup3ydarren]

Where did you apply at? Sydney or Melbourne?

If it is Sydney, it probably take more than 6 months to even hear from them. I know a couple of others including myself who applied way before may and still heard nothing from DIAC.