Ezy Going Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Muito bom, eu gostaria de visitar Angola no futuro. Ouvi que ha muita mudanca como a guerra ja acabou. hahahaha......Eu falo poco portugese.....I speak very less portuguese because all my colleagues can speak english and also the official language of my company is English but normally in Angola nobody speaks english. Yea things are getting better here.... the part of city (Luanda sul) is much better than the city itself. But still as a whole it is not a good place to live.....specially if you are coming from a developed place like Australia or Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reza Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Seems processing is faster now. Iranians who have got their CO in 2010 ( upto April) are being requested for medical and PCC Any news about Pakistanis ? Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezy Going Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Seems processing is faster now. Iranians who have got their CO in 2010 ( upto April) are being requested for medical and PCCAny news about Pakistanis ? Regards Thats great news...I posted earlier on PIO that a few Pakistanis have also been requested for meds or granted visa who have been assigned CO in March 2010. So, lets see and hope for the best. I hope the process have become faster but April 2010 till June 2011 is still 13-14 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Name Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Seems processing is faster now. Iranians who have got their CO in 2010 ( upto April) are being requested for medical and PCCAny news about Pakistanis ? Regards lol thats still long. Maybe its their time (under normal speed) to finish security checks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kffahim Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 I did send each and every relevant document right at the start of lodgement and my CO never asked about anything else. I think no verification was done either (at least not in my knowledge). The only painfully long phase was security clearance that took 13/14 months. Hello frustate, Is there any update from your side? Did you do the e-health? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezy Going Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Is there anyone else who logs in to DIAC website & check the status update, 4 times every day (even on Sundays :twitcy:) or is it only me :skeptical: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimm Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Is there anyone else who logs in to DIAC website & check the status update, 4 times every day (even on Sundays :twitcy:) or is it only me :skeptical: Yea ! me but only once a day 4 times a day is insane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezy Going Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 Yea ! me but only once a day 4 times a day is insane hahaha...yes I know its insane :wacko: but come on man the status can change any time and I do not want to miss the moment :cute: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegDwight Posted June 28, 2011 Share Posted June 28, 2011 hahaha...yes I know its insane :wacko: but come on man the status can change any time and I do not want to miss the moment :cute: lol...i'm also guilty :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asadns Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Hello everybody!!! I am unlucky applicant whose application is stuck in external checks.... Timeline is. Date of application Jan 2009. CO assigned nov 2010. All documents MET on Jan 2011 including form 80 and PCC. Medicals I sent in April not on CO request though . Medicals too were FINALIZED and MET on 10 June 2011. CO constantly saying application is under checks..... Cannot give a definate time..... Contacted IGIS , got a standard reply of will inquire from ASIO.... waiting for the next reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alibajwa Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Hello everybody!!! I am unlucky applicant whose application is stuck in external checks.... Timeline is. Date of application Jan 2009. CO assigned nov 2010. All documents MET on Jan 2011 including form 80 and PCC. Medicals I sent in April not on CO request though . Medicals too were FINALIZED and MET on 10 June 2011. CO constantly saying application is under checks..... Cannot give a definate time..... Contacted IGIS , got a standard reply of will inquire from ASIO.... waiting for the next reply CO assigned to you on Nov. 2010 or in Nov 2009? If CO is assigned on Nov. 2010, then u should wait at-least Until December 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezy Going Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 CO assigned to you on Nov. 2010 or in Nov 2009? If CO is assigned on Nov. 2010, then u should wait at-least Until December 2011. Yea asadsn, I agree with Alibajwa....if you got your CO in Nov 2010 then he would have forwarded your case for external checks in Nov 2010....the normal processing time for security clearance of applicants from Pakistan is 8-12 months..... you should expect your security clearance to finish somewhere in Oct-Nov 2011. Be patient..we all are in the same boat :nah: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegDwight Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Yea asadsn, I agree with Alibajwa....if you got your CO in Nov 2010 then he would have forwarded your case for external checks in Nov 2010....the normal processing time for security clearance of applicants from Pakistan is 8-12 months..... you should expect your security clearance to finish somewhere in Oct-Nov 2011. Be patient..we all are in the same boat :nah: because ASIO have to send their secret agents to Pak so it takes time. You know how pak government office is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimm Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 because ASIO have to send their secret agents to Pak so it takes time. You know how pak government office is? They don't have to send Secret Agents, Australian embassy has its own visa checking and investigation section where many investigators perform checks of individuals. For those checks they may liaise with local authorities for help or they may themselves visit or phone candidates (As happened to one of my friends in which a team from Australian embassy personal came to his office and checked everything he claimed for) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musmanasghar Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 They don't have to send Secret Agents, Australian embassy has its own visa checking and investigation section where many investigators perform checks of individuals.For those checks they may liaise with local authorities for help or they may themselves visit or phone candidates (As happened to one of my friends in which a team from Australian embassy personal came to his office and checked everything he claimed for) When did your friend applied for PR ... Is he Pakistani? ....In Pakistan they they do not come for the physical verification. nor my agent ever confirmed this ... they always do telephonic verification in case if its required .... I think we should not mixup Job verification with SECURITY CHECKS how old is your friends case? and when they came for physical verification Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezy Going Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 because ASIO have to send their secret agents to Pak so it takes time. You know how pak government office is? As far as I know....ASIO has outsourced the external security checks to a US based agency... since presumably US has the complete database of all the potential terrorists.... so this complete process takes a long time as the candidates are verified by numerous databases in US and then the feedback goes to ASIO & then they forward to your case officer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimm Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 When did your friend applied for PR ... Is he Pakistani? ....In Pakistan they they do not come for the physical verification. nor my agent ever confirmed this ... they always do telephonic verification in case if its required .... I think we should not mixup Job verification with SECURITY CHECKShow old is your friends case? and when they came for physical verification Phewwwww !!!! so many questions Yes my friend is a Pakistani and now he is in Sydney, got his PR in 2009.Personal from the Australian Embassy did came to his office i dont know exactly what did they check but they sure did check something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RegDwight Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Phewwwww !!!! so many questions Yes my friend is a Pakistani and now he is in Sydney, got his PR in 2009.Personal from the Australian Embassy did came to his office i dont know exactly what did they check but they sure did check something. They came to check if another one should be put on the barbie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kangroo Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I was born in a high risk country (Pakistan) but now I am a citizen of low risk coutry (UK) and have been living here since last 8 years. I have lodged state sponsored 176 visa in June and just wondering if the security checks timeline for low risk countries would be applicable to my application or it would be a long wait through ASIO. I would greatly appreciate if somone having same circumstances can share their experience. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest frustrate Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 I was born in a high risk country (Pakistan) but now I am a citizen of low risk coutry (UK) and have been living here since last 8 years. I have lodged state sponsored 176 visa in June and just wondering if the security checks timeline for low risk countries would be applicable to my application or it would be a long wait through ASIO. I would greatly appreciate if somone having same circumstances can share their experience. Cheers I think even if a person who is currently a citizen/resident of a low risk country can be subject to long ASIO security clearance provided he/she had lived in a high risk country for more than 12 months out of last 10 years. So yes, your case is also a potential candidate for long security clearance just like other HR applicants cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest frustrate Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Hello frustate, Is there any update from your side? Did you do the e-health? ehealth is not available in Pakistan (surely in Islamabad) and you've to rely on manual health system. I've attended the medical on 27th June, 2011 and everything looked fine (at least till this time). I hope IOM people will submit my results this week though it could take some more days to reach GHO since they used to send medicals through courier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kffahim Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 ehealth is not available in Pakistan (surely in Islamabad) and you've to rely on manual health system. I've attended the medical on 27th June, 2011 and everything looked fine (at least till this time). I hope IOM people will submit my results this week though it could take some more days to reach GHO since they used to send medicals through courier. Yes, ehealth is quite fast. I did it on 23rd. It was supposed to be available in the next day.... Now who knows what looong wait is ahead?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest koko1 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Hi All, Please, does anyone know how long it takes to hear from DIAC after responding to a Natural Justice query? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest asadns Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 CO assigned to you on Nov. 2010 or in Nov 2009? If CO is assigned on Nov. 2010, then u should wait at-least Until December 2011. Thanx for the reply. Did you guys see 1 july changes???? What i have grasped is category 1-3 are all sponsored applications, GSM 175 is noe in category 4???// Have they changed their priority groups, so would it affect applications lodged prior to 1 july 2011???/ Please reply.....:nah: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musmanasghar Posted July 2, 2011 Share Posted July 2, 2011 Thanx for the reply.Did you guys see 1 july changes???? What i have grasped is category 1-3 are all sponsored applications, GSM 175 is noe in category 4???// Have they changed their priority groups, so would it affect applications lodged prior to 1 july 2011???/ Please reply.....:nah: No 175 is CAT-3 if and only if Your nominated occupation is listed in SOL SCH-3 (current SOL). if your occupation is in SOL then no worries ... Secondly if u have got CO then no worries, your case is already in security checks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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