Jit7 Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Just been looking at the google doc - november is looking close to finishing now. Am i mistaken or did thegig5 get a case officer this week? It's been a crazy week so hard to keep up. I think we should start seeing early december applicants next week. I wonder if those that grants this week are busy spreading the good news and more importantly booking flights. How exciting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHandGH Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 (edited) Congratulations :jiggy::jiggy::jiggy: You are now Pink. Good Luck! Name: thegigg5 Destination: Gold Coast Date of Visa application: 21/11/11 Nationality: British High / Low Risk: LR Trade / Profession: Developer/Programmer Visa Type: 175 Onshore / Offshore: Offshore Processing Priority Group (Category): 4 Date Medicals submitted: Date Police check submitted: Date CO assigned: 26/04/2012 Date of employment verification (If applicable): Date visa granted: Hi Everyone. We have good news. 26/04/2012 - Now have Case Officer. We are booked in for our meds tomorrow. Just been looking at the google doc - november is looking close to finishing now. Am i mistaken or did thegig5 get a case officer this week? It's been a crazy week so hard to keep up. I think we should start seeing early december applicants next week. I wonder if those that grants this week are busy spreading the good news and more importantly booking flights. How exciting! Edited April 28, 2012 by SHandGH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky D Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Only Sol2Oz & Oppyddrum remaining in Nov now.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OrchidD Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hi, Just to let you know that we have finally been granted our visa so please turn me purple!! :biggrin: We applied back in Jan 2011 and it was granted April 27 2012. Cheers and best of luck to everyone waiting! Orchid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfectmax Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 (edited) Hi everyone Looks like it has been going very well for many of you recently!!! :biggrin: Our medicals are booked for 12th May. I have posted our Form 80 to the immigration agent. Our police checks have been submitted and we are awaiting a response. And I am literally in a right old state of panic......and cant even put my finger on why :err: Can anyone who has recently been through the medicals give me a heads up on what happens/how long it might take for a family of 5 cos the clinic said about 3 hours.........:dull: with 3 children thats going to be an interesting morning. I still cant bring myself to tell my Nan and yet I dont want to wait any longer...... And the rain here is making me wish we'd gone already :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: Please excuse the ramble but my head is spinning ......next hurdle the medicals.....so any ideas?? Thanks if you manage to get this far.....:rolleyes: Sian Edited April 28, 2012 by perfectmax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHandGH Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Congratulations :jiggy::jiggy::jiggy: you are now Purple. Good Luck! Name: OrchidD Destination: Date of Visa application: 12/01/2011 Nationality: Irish High/Low Risk: LR Trade / Profession:Electronic Instruments Trades Worker Visa Type: 176 Family sponsored Onshore / Offshore: Offshore Processing Priority Group (Category): 4 Date Medicals submitted: Date Police check submitted: Date CO assigned:14/09/2011 Date of employment verification (If applicable): Date visa granted: 27/04/2012 Hi,Just to let you know that we have finally been granted our visa so please turn me purple!! :biggrin: We applied back in Jan 2011 and it was granted April 27 2012. Cheers and best of luck to everyone waiting! Orchid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHandGH Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hi,Just to let you know that we have finally been granted our visa so please turn me purple!! :biggrin: We applied back in Jan 2011 and it was granted April 27 2012. Cheers and best of luck to everyone waiting! Orchid Welcome back, great news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest waitingtogotooz Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hi all Not sure if any of the old lot are still using this thread but if so... HI We moved into my parents after completing on our house on the 3rd Jan & are now saving as much as possible. Flights booked for 20th sept and are now getting married 5 days b4 we go & having our leaving party that night. Eeeeek Good luck to you all waiting, it's very stressful but has to be worth it eh :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambos Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hi everyone Looks like it has been going very well for many of you recently!!! :biggrin: Our medicals are booked for 12th May. I have posted our Form 80 to the immigration agent. Our police checks have been submitted and we are awaiting a response. And I am literally in a right old state of panic......and cant even put my finger on why :err: Can anyone who has recently been through the medicals give me a heads up on what happens/how long it might take for a family of 5 cos the clinic said about 3 hours.........:dull: with 3 children thats going to be an interesting morning. I still cant bring myself to tell my Nan and yet I dont want to wait any longer...... And the rain here is making me wish we'd gone already :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: Please excuse the ramble but my head is spinning ......next hurdle the medicals.....so any ideas?? Thanks if you manage to get this far.....:rolleyes: Sian [/Our medicals did take about 3 hrs thorough examination for myself (wear best undies). Chest x rays for 3 of us, wee sample, BP, eye test then a general chat with each of us about medical history. Quick examination of kids listen to heart, checked lymph nodes. Just tell the kids not to speak my youngest tried to convince the Dr that she has asthma! (never has). :chatterbox:Good Luck sure it will go smoothly] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfectmax Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 wow! very exciting times ahead for you then. hope the savings stack up and the wedding goes well enjoy your adventure Sian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol2Oz Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Just tell the kids not to speak my youngest tried to convince the Dr that she has asthma! (never has). hahaha, she is so cute!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol2Oz Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Thanks a lot, Sol2Oz !:jiggy:Fingers crossed for you too !:wink: Our documents are not "met" Only ABPF, nothing else has changed. I know that I'm being silly, but I hope the (positive) email comes at 1:11am! That would be such a sign for me. I applied on 11/11/2011 and the time was exactly 1:11am, so want to get the momentum going lolol :cute: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfectmax Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 LoL Jambos - that is the kind of thing my oldest would do!! Always a sob story.... will take the duct tape lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Stevens Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hi Jambos We had medicals last week with two small children which went well but without a bit of bribery!! Let's just say the doctor heard us before she could see us. We had two toilet breaks with the 4yr old and a serious nappy incident with the little one. Both boys sat under the Docs desk for a bit before scrapping over the weighing scales. All of this was over usual lunch and nap times so bit stressful for us parents! Thankfully my blood pressure was ok!! Just wear decent undies and stock up on treats for the kids and all will be fine!! Good feeling tho to be at this stage :biggrin::biggrin::biggrin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angela Stevens Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Hi sorry that last post was for perfectmax!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perfectmax Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Errrrm best undies? Do you mean top half or bottom half? LOL I am such a grown up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NatsB Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Jambos - I feel your pain. My darling son, 5 years old, pretended his legs didn't work when he had to climb on the examination table. He then proceeded to give an Oscar-worthy performance of someone about to die. He went floppy, closed his eyes and moaned as if in great pain when the doc felt his tummy. :mad: It was his first trip to a doctor since he was a toddler, so he obviously has seen too many tv programmes of sick people seeing doctors and decided he needed to fake a grave illness! I wasn't sure we had managed to convince the nice doctor that he was actually putting in on! Both kids then proceeded to tear around the clinic screeching and throwing themselves off chairs and couches :embarrassed:I think they were only to happy to sign off on our forms just to get us to remove our demon-spawn from their offices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NatsB Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Errrrm best undies? Do you mean top half or bottom half? LOL I am such a grown up My husband had to strip down to his boxers. For some reason I was not asked to undress (obviously gone are the days strangers want to see me naked:cry:) but I was wearing a loose top and leggings so the doc could easily move my clothing to examine me. For the adults the doctor checked chest(front and back) with stethoscope, felt lymph nodes in neck, armpits and groin, felt tummy (presume feeling for liver etc) asked about any visable scars, checked reflexes (rubber mallet on knees) and looked into eyes, ears and mouth with that pointy light thingy. The nurses checked BP, urine dip test for protein and sugar, quick eye chart reading check, height and weight and took bloods. Kids over 5 also need the urine test, and the doc gave both children (3 and 5) a brief once-over similar to the adult physical. Both kids were weighed and height measured. My kids were horribly embarrassing and I'm glad I never have to go back there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickW Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Hi all We went for our medicals this past Monday, 23 April. We were all (me, wife and 5yr-old son) stripped down to undies - and both my and my son's bit were checked (don't know why... ). Height, weight, eyesight, ears and eyes checked, BP and urine tests were done for all of us, and X-rays and blood HIV tests were done on us adults. There was a young girl in the waiting room who was applying for a USA visa with her mother - she had a skin TB test done (apparently a small device of some description is implanted in the skin for a few DAYS to determine whether TB is present), and I don't know what was involved, but she was screaming her head off for the 20 minutes prior to our examination - we had our hands full keeping our child calm with that going on - even I was feeling a bit queasy going in after that. The sound of a child screaming like that is really horrible. Just glad Aus don't require anything that from us! The only panel doctor in Johannesburg is a bit of an oddball - always telling jokes and talking the hind leg off a donkey; and I found him seriously unprofessional. Anyway, after our 40-minute total exam, he required an additional report from our family GP which we submitted on Thursday this week, so I guess that means we're now in the waiting room! Could you please update the spreadsheet? I'm really hoping there's nothing else DIAC require - all is showing as met on the website apart from our medicals. The final wait is upon us! Here's hoping it's short-lived. PatrickW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppyddrum Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 (edited) quick question: is it just me or does the FBI clearance look really ordinary? no stamps or anything on it? pls let me know if yours looks like that so i can have a bit of peace. lol thanks in advance. oh, and when i scanned it to upload it, it has "unauthorized copy" written all over it!!! is it okay to upload it like that? Edited April 29, 2012 by oppyddrum update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol2Oz Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 quick question: is it just me or does the FBI clearance look really ordinary? no stamps or anything on it? pls let me know if yours looks like that so i can have a bit of peace. lol thanks in advance. oh, and when i scanned it to upload it, it has "unauthorized copy" written all over it!!! is it okay to upload it like that? My FBI clearance came on letterhead. I think the letterhead with the signature is sufficient. When I scanned my copy, I didn't notice anything about unauthorized. But, one thing I did ask the FBI to do was to "authenticate" the document as it is for Australian's DIAC department. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppyddrum Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) it came on a letterhead as well, but there was no signature. and when i scan or copy mine, the blue/purple background goes away and is replaced with watermarks of "unauthorized copy"! i don't know what to do now! im thinking, call the FBI and ask why there is no signature on mine... this is so inconvenient! Edited April 30, 2012 by oppyddrum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol2Oz Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 it came on a letterhead as well, but there was no signature. and when i scan or copy mine, the blue/purple background goes away and is replaced with watermarks of "unauthorized copy"! i don't know what to do now! Your problem is easy to solve: Take a picture of it with your digital camera and upload the jpeg. I'm sure you won't get the "unauthorized copy" on it. :wink: But what do you mean there is no signature? That may or may not be a problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppyddrum Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Your problem is easy to solve: Take a picture of it with your digital camera and upload the jpeg. I'm sure you won't get the "unauthorized copy" on it. :wink: But what do you mean there is no signature? That may or may not be a problem... oh man, you are a genius on that JPEG suggestion. I'm gonna do that. yea, there was no signature, just this: *The Officer's name* Section Chief Biometric Services Section Criminal Justice Information Services Division i went looking online and a few people said they got it like that too... the first impression you get just from looking at it is that it looks so unofficial and ordinary! not what you would expect from THE FBI! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oppyddrum Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 NO WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG guys... i just got ABPF!!!!!! i feel faint! *now deep breathing* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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