Jambos Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I think it would take them 5-6 months just to process cat 4 June 2011 Oh blimey I thought I was pesimistic. Now that they are back from their summer vacations I think things should start to pick up! Fingures crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulpatel1969 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 3 days per fortnight. Jambos u can do the maths yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The6OfUs Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 At this rate it will take 5-6 months for them to process June 2011 cat 4 applicants. I doubt that will be the case...........in reality this is the DIAC's first FULL week back with a FULL office, in many many weeks! All I can say is, those pesky Aussies sure know how to enjoy their summer! :cool: Now come on and get back to the grindstone!! :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The6OfUs Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Not sure if it was there before todays update, but it seems there is a note on the allocation page with new info to applicants. (probably to make all of us aware of the hurdle they have, before everyone starts chasing them!!): "A high volume of Priority Group 4 applications were received in May and June 2011. Whilst cases continue to be allocated per week, the limited movement of allocation dates reflect the high volume of applications received during this period. The affected visa subclasses are: Skilled – Independent (Migrant) subclass 175 Skilled – Sponsored (Migrant) subclass 176 Skilled – Regional Sponsored (Provisional) subclass 475" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulpatel1969 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 What worries me is that I am not seeing too many cat 4s getting their COs. Till December we had loads of cat 4 announcing their being allocated COs but I am just not seeing that from the last two months. Not sure if it was there before todays update, but it seems there is a note on the allocation page with new info to applicants. (probably to make all of us aware of the hurdle they have, before everyone starts chasing them!!): "A high volume of Priority Group 4 applications were received in May and June 2011. Whilst cases continue to be allocated per week, the limited movement of allocation dates reflect the high volume of applications received during this period. The affected visa subclasses are: Skilled – Independent (Migrant) subclass 175 Skilled – Sponsored (Migrant) subclass 176 Skilled – Regional Sponsored (Provisional) subclass 475" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The6OfUs Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 What worries me is that I am not seeing too many cat 4s getting their COs. Till December we had loads of cat 4 announcing their being allocated COs but I am just not seeing that from the last two months. Don't get too worried...:hug:.....We will probably start to see the cases they have already started, slowly getting signed off. They can't take on any more cases until!! Plus we are only seeing a snapshot of CO allocations, and grants.....and with the high number of June applications it just may not look like a lot is happening!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulpatel1969 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 One piece of good news a 22/6/2011 applicant sr_kanta from India got his CO on 3rd. Update from BEupdate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmsmark Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The update is not that good, but at least they're offering an explanation: Important note: N/A denotes 'Not Applicable'. There are no GSM visa subclasses within these priority groups. ** Not currently allocating. A high volume of Priority Group 4 applications were received in May and June 2011. Whilst cases continue to be allocated per week, the limited movement of allocation dates reflect the high volume of applications received during this period. The affected visa subclasses are: Skilled – Independent (Migrant) subclass 175 Skilled – Sponsored (Migrant) subclass 176 Skilled – Regional Sponsored (Provisional) subclass 475 So now at least we know why and we don't have to speculate anymore.... Well, we all knew that there were a lot of cases in May and June. What they don't want to put on the update is something like: "and a bunch of us took the month off, so we didn't get around to many cat 4 applicants." Hopefully it starts to pick up as they all come back from holiday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sekena Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 just a 3 day update on allocation dates, considering 21st & 22nd May was a Sat & Sun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulpatel1969 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Hi, some good news, one cat 4 from India sr_kanta who had applied on 22/06/11 got his CO on 03/02/12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambos Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 3 days per fortnight. Jambos u can do the maths yourself. Yes, I can do the maths and it is frustrating I know this too well having applied end of June-11 and still no co allocation, but if the we had used the orginal forecast time given by DIAC i.e 12-18 months it would be June-12 or even Dec-12 before we got processed. I know which one I would go for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHandGH Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Thanks Tania, great to hear from you. Sounds pretty stressful. Keep us posted. Can't wait to hear how the story unfolds. No problem. I really don't think it makes much of a difference whether you are an online or a paper application. It's all about the paperwork you provide with your application. Ours is an online application via an agent and as I recall they also had problems inputting partner details. Timescales are all over the place at the moment with the extremely long summer break. Personally I am thinking like NatsB and will hopefully arrange PCC and meds around mid April 2012 or maybe when DIAC have finished processing July 2011 175 applicants. Either way we will not be doing much for the next few months except monitoring this thread to see how everyone is doing. Keep in touch. SHandGH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lavache Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Hi all, jus wanted to give you all an update to where i am since we had our visa granted but first would like to say thanks to SHandGh for keeping this cat 4 running. okay so we shipped our stuff on Thursday the 2nd Feb, we used Seven seas as we were not shipping furniture just personal stuff, we orderd a move cube the cube in size is 1.45m width, 1.11 m length 1.88 height £570 to ship and 299. dollars to pay in Aus for the cube to be checked in this cube we got in 2 bikes, kitchen small items ex pot pans, bedding towels 2 Tv's, fishing stuff , camping stuff, game machines, kids stuff, loads of dvds books cds, loads of shoes, dvd players xbox games, the company came and dropped of the cube at 8:30am in the morning and then came back at 2:30 pm to take the cube away. We move the rest of our stuff out the evening but was worried as we still had not exchanged contracts, we stayed at my sisters that night and the next day on Friday i went back to the house to move the last few bits and clean up the house and in this time i was phoning the solicitor to see if we had exchanged but no answere on the phone, I finally got through to the solicitor to be told we had exchanged and completed on our property at 1pm and how quick could we hand in the keys so 45 mins later we locked up and handed over the keys, can i just say selling a house is stressful aspecialy when you are selling to move to Aus, i took a week of work at one point as i was really stressed and couldn't function so please be aware, so now we have no home and are staying between familys. I have booked our flight through IOM imgration for migrants, through doing this they have saved us £1000 on our flight and they have booked us with Emerates and we fly on the 28th Feb at Manchester 8:10pm and land in Aus Brisbane at 6:50 am on the 1st March, so 3 weeks on tuesday we will be on our way. all the best to you all with your journey and will up date you when we land in Aus Hi Tania, Could you give us the web link of IOM, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulpatel1969 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I was hoping to hear from some cat 4s who got case officer today but there is only silence. Anyone out there who got COs please post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybun Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Friends, We have "Application being processed further" added to our online status.... Guess we have a CO allocated however all our documents show required yet.... Awaiting the CO email for medicals and PCC and our agent has confirmed that he has still not got it so probably in a day or 2. Once our agent confirms receipt of the email we will do the medicals as the PCC is already with us, so it just has to be uploaded by our agent. Finally the wait coming to an end...:jiggy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulpatel1969 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Great news Honeybun, since yours is 22/06/2011 applicant it means they are allocating COs to end of June applicants. Friends, We have "Application being processed further" added to our online status.... Guess we have a CO allocated however all our documents show required yet.... Awaiting the CO email for medicals and PCC and our agent has confirmed that he has still not got it so probably in a day or 2. Once our agent confirms receipt of the email we will do the medicals as the PCC is already with us, so it just has to be uploaded by our agent. Finally the wait coming to an end...:jiggy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybun Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Great news Honeybun, since yours is 22/06/2011 applicant it means they are allocating COs to end of June applicants. Rahul, Yes, they have started with end of june mostly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mummy Mann Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Friends, We have "Application being processed further" added to our online status.... Guess we have a CO allocated however all our documents show required yet.... Awaiting the CO email for medicals and PCC and our agent has confirmed that he has still not got it so probably in a day or 2. Once our agent confirms receipt of the email we will do the medicals as the PCC is already with us, so it just has to be uploaded by our agent. Finally the wait coming to an end...:jiggy: Congratulations! Fantastic news x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulpatel1969 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Mummy Mann check your status, u could have got your CO Congratulations! Fantastic news x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest heidim Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 CO's getting allocated to last week of June is good.... Maybe in a month or so we'll see the progress back to normal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulpatel1969 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Yes but the going is still slow. Rahul, Yes, they have started with end of june mostly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mummy Mann Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Mummy Mann check your status, u could have got your CO I'm checking morning and night and still nothing :0( I'm getting a bit obsessed now lol x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybun Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 I'm checking morning and night and still nothing :0( I'm getting a bit obsessed now lol x Same was the case with me....And suddenly you have a CO...And then the wait continues:skeptical::wideeyed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahulpatel1969 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Honeybun why dont u update on the other sites that you have posted your timeline on. Same was the case with me....And suddenly you have a CO...And then the wait continues:skeptical::wideeyed: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honeybun Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Honeybun why dont u update on the other sites that you have posted your timeline on. I will once i get the email from my agent and upload the remaining docs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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