PR visa Processing Times

[Anni]

ag yet again zero movement for online 475!!! glad for the 175/6 great

Anni

[Tex]

Hi Tex,

Yep, I was happy with the jump too, even though online was only 5 days. Hopefully they will also whizz through the December apps soon too, as it was the quiet season. Good luck.

Thanks Nazba! I was really surprised by the sudden increase in processing....could be because of the recent letter of complaint to the Minister (someone else sent it)....or could be because of very few paper applications during that period. I suspect more folks are submitting on-line now. Good news either way!

Tex

[Dedrei]

Hi guys

Just so that everyone knows we have a new timeline website

Please have a look at http://www.saaustraliatimeline.com

This will be automatically updated as you send in your info, no more manually updating of spreadsheets

[Brisbane wannabe]

Hi guys

Just so that everyone knows we have a new timeline website

Please have a look at http://www.saaustraliatimeline.com

This will be automatically updated as you send in your info, no more manually updating of spreadsheets

Looks good!! Well done.

BW

[Heather & Terence]

;) :ilikeit:

More movement this week! They have split the 175's and 176's up, the 176's have moved 4 days this week - now on 7 December!!!

I booked our medicals yesterday ... the earliest date I could get is 23rd October (gulp!!). Things are heating up!!! AT LAST!!!!!!!

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[Milada (Ms Maritz)]

Movement Movement Movement

I'm sure they've split the 175 and 176 visas just to complicate my graphs

I really, really hope there wasn't a lot of people who applied for their visa during the last part of December 2007, so that the movement can really "move" during that part!

[Ready2go]

Just had to come back here and check how things are moving for everyone waiting. Seems they've picked up the pace.

Dedrei, the timelines look so proffessional, well done.

[Red]

I was quite surprised to see that the 176's are currently being processed quicker than the 175's - maybe that's only because there are less 176's?

General Skilled Migration visas: Class VE

Subclass: 175

E-lodged: 06 December 2007

Paper lodged: 15 October 2007

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E-lodged: 07 December 2007

Paper lodged: 20 November 2007

Edited September 30, 2008 by Red

[Tex]

DIAC have dropped the ball again

The 175 paper priority dates in previous posts 647 and 649 clearly states 13 NOVEMBER.

The priority date for 175 paper THIS WEEK is now 15 OCTOBER.????

Maybe they have folks from Groendakkies working for them?

Now where did I put that prozac.....

Tex

Edited September 30, 2008 by Tex

[duToits]

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Subclass 880: 31 August 2007 (paper), 31 August 2007 (e-lodged)

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Subclass 882: 31 August 2007 (paper), 31 August 2007 (e-lodged)

Offshore Skilled visas (permanent and provisional)

Skilled Migration visas - All paper based applications for Class BN, BQ,

BR, UX and UZ visas

Subclasses 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 495 and 496: 13 July 2007

General Skilled Migration (GSM) visas processed by ASPC

General Skilled Migration visas: Class VE

Subclass: 175

E-lodged: 06 December 2007

Paper lodged: 15 October 2007

Subclass: 176

E-lodged: 07 December 2007

Paper lodged: 20 November 2007

General Skilled Migration visas: Class VF

Subclasses: 475, and 476

E-lodged: 30 November 2007

Paper lodged: 27 September 2007

General Skilled Migration visas: Class VB

Subclasses: 885, 886, and 887

E-lodged: Now processed by the Brisbane Skilled Processing Centre.

All cases processed in Adelaide have been allocated.

Paper lodged: 14 March 2008

General Skilled Migration visas: Class VC subclass 487 only

E-lodged: Now processed by the Brisbane Skilled Processing Centre.

All cases processed in Adelaide have been allocated.

Paper lodged: 11 March 2008

General Skilled Migration visas: Class VC subclass 485 only

E-lodged: 1 February 2008 (applications lodged before 1 July 2008

only)

Paper lodged: 30 January 2008

If a visa application was made more than two weeks before the relevant date

shown above and you have not been contacted by a case officer please

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From 1 July 2008 certain General Skilled Migration applications are now

being processed in Brisbane.

The Brisbane office will now process the following General Skilled

Migration visa applications that have been lodged electronically for

Onshore applicants:

Class VB and VC.

Subclass 885, 886 and 487 applications lodged on or after 1 December 2007

Subclass 485 applications lodged on or after 1 March 2008

Subclass 887 applications lodged on or after 1 July 2008

For applications where paper documents have been sent in, the files are

currently in the process of being transferred from Adelaide to Brisbane as

quickly as possible. This will take some time to complete and allocation

to case officers may be delayed however your patience is appreciated while

this is being undertaken. Processing information is now available; it will

be included in this email below.

Applicants are encouraged to provide their documents for these subclasses

electronically by attaching them to their evisa application however if you

experience difficulties with this method, you may email your scanned

documents to the following address: brisbane.gsm.documents@immi.gov.au

(Please include your name, date of birth and TRN number in the subject

heading of your email to assist us in identifying which application your

documents need to be matched to).

Any paper documents received in Adelaide for these applications will be

couriered to Brisbane for processing. Please do not also send paper copies

of any documents forwarded electronically. These are not required unless

they are requested by your case officer.

Please note that dedicated phone and email enquiry systems are still in the

process of being established and we will advise as soon as these facilities

are available.

General Skilled Migration (GSM) visas processed by Brisbane for the week of

22 September 2008

Subclasses: 885, 886 and 487

E-lodged: 31 December 2007

(note if paper documents have been sent in allocation to a case

officer may be delayed due to file administration procedures).

Subclasses: 887 and 485

These subclasses are yet to be allocated.

[duToits]

No movement on the email, but the public holiday might have influenced it. The guy that has to update it probably didn't update it and next week it will be back to normal again, and hopefully jump 10 days.

[vlooi]

J&j, I am always hoping for you to get a CO as we applied just 3 days after you, so I watch your posts very attentively...

I just hope to see some proper movement before the December slowdown again!

[duToits]

Hi Vlooi

I also follow yours and MrsMaritz closely, because our dates are so close together.

[vlooi]

Hi Vlooi

I also follow yours and MrsMaritz closely, because our dates are so close together.

I warned Mrs Maritz not to get a CO before us as we are ONE FULL day ahead of her... , so I will try to not get a CO before you... I like any progress on the SA websites as I really feel sorry for all of us with the little green books always being discriminated against in some form. I became so despondent watching the British getting their visas so quick and then some of them still moan and whinge! And for many of them the main reason they want to go to Oz is because of the sun! We recently had to get Schengen visas to visit Europe and what a lot of red tape and ££'s just because we are South Africans!

[Nix]

You guys from January have to wait until us waiting from Aug get our CO !!!!! So frustrating !!! THis "green mamba" that we have as a passport really does make things difficult......

Ho hum.... !!! Patience has never been my best attribute, and maybe this excercise has been sent to try and teach me just that !

Nix

[Nix]

Deleted as a duplicate post. Sorry !

Edited October 7, 2008 by Nix

[vlooi]

You guys from January have to wait until us waiting from Aug get our CO !!!!! So frustrating !!! THis "green mamba" that we have as a passport really does make things difficult......

Ho hum.... !!! Patience has never been my best attribute, and maybe this excercise has been sent to try and teach me just that !

Nix

NO!!!NO!!!NO!!! I can NOT believe you are still waiting!!! Did DIAC receive your application at all?????????? This is unbelievable! I feel SOOOOOOOOOO sorry for you people. Please keep us updated! And a big hug for you!

[Nix]

NO!!!NO!!!NO!!! I can NOT believe you are still waiting!!! Did DIAC receive your application at all?????????? This is unbelievable! I feel SOOOOOOOOOO sorry for you people. Please keep us updated! And a big hug for you!

Oh yes ! They have received it and in my monthly telephone calls to DIAC they simply tell me that we are processed in order (yea right!) and that my time will come .....

Month after month the same thing.....

Starting to wear thin!

[vlooi]

I am at a loss for words! All I can add is another

[vlooi]

DIAC seems to be very busy with the January 175 applicants as there was one 16 January grant this morning(Odelia) and me (19 Jan) and Mrs. Maritz (20 Jan) both received CO's this morning! So wonderfull to see movement on the SA website! January and February applicants : start watching THE space!

[Nix]

Congrats Vlooi !!!!! Hope to not be too far behind you !

[vlooi]

Congrats Vlooi !!!!! Hope to not be too far behind you !

Thanks so much! I really feel for you... Can not wait to congratulate you on any progress!

[ChristineC]

Official weekly update on Australian visa processing times are here.

But looking at reports on this forum of the 175 visas being processed in the past few days (around 20 January 2008), we're ahead of these official times. Wonderful news for a change

-Daniel

Onshore Applications: receipting and acknowledging paper based applications

received on 13 October 2008.

Offshore Applications: receipting and acknowledging applications received

on 13 October 2008.

Once an application has been acknowledged it will be allocated to a case

officer for further assessment as soon as possible, however, as GSM

Adelaide receives a large number of applications and you will not be

contacted immediately.

ASPC PROCESSING INFORMATION - For the week of 13 October 2008

Applications lodged on or before the dates shown below have been allocated

to case officers for further processing.

Skilled Migration Applications lodged before 1 September 2007

Onshore Skilled visas (permanent and provisional)

Student/Graduate applications - Class DD and DE visas

Subclass 880: 31 August 2007 (paper), 31 August 2007 (e-lodged)

Subclass 881: 31 August 2007 (paper), 31 August 2007 (e-lodged)

Subclass 882: 31 August 2007 (paper), 31 August 2007 (e-lodged)

Offshore Skilled visas (permanent and provisional)

Skilled Migration visas - All paper based applications for Class BN, BQ,

BR, UX and UZ visas

Subclasses 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 495 and 496: 16 July 2007

General Skilled Migration (GSM) visas processed by ASPC

General Skilled Migration visas: Class VE

Subclass: 175

E-lodged: 07 December 2007

Paper lodged: 15 October 2007

Subclass: 176

E-lodged: 11 December 2007

Paper lodged: 20 November 2007

General Skilled Migration visas: Class VF

Subclasses: 475, and 476

E-lodged: 30 November 2007

Paper lodged: 27 September 2007

General Skilled Migration visas: Class VB

Subclasses: 885, 886, and 887

E-lodged: Now processed by the Brisbane Skilled Processing Centre.

All cases processed in Adelaide have been allocated.

Paper lodged: 18 March 2008

General Skilled Migration visas: Class VC subclass 487 only

E-lodged: Now processed by the Brisbane Skilled Processing Centre.

All cases processed in Adelaide have been allocated.

Paper lodged: 18 March 2008

General Skilled Migration visas: Class VC subclass 485 only

E-lodged: 1 February 2008 (applications lodged before 1 July 2008

only)

Paper lodged: 01 February 2008

If a visa application was made more than two weeks before the relevant date

shown above and you have not been contacted by a case officer please

contact GSM Adelaide from the web page

http://www.immi.gov.au/contacts/visa-enqui...ofessionals.htm

[Zambeze]

It is strange that we have cases of lucky people who applied in late mid of January 2008 with visas granted and emails from ASPC state that they are processing December applications. Could some one shed me a light on this phenomena?

[vlooi]

It is strange that we have cases of lucky people who applied in late mid of January 2008 with visas granted and emails from ASPC state that they are processing December applications. Could some one shed me a light on this phenomena?

The email date seems to be the "worse case scenario" and reflects the progress of ALL applicants in the system from high and low risk countries. If you look at the British Expat website, you will see that they are already granting PR visas of applicants of June 2008, so the South African January applicants who received visas were still FAR behind the British applicants with regards to processing time. Apparently DIAC have recently received a lot of fraudulent applications from Asian countries and all applications from high risk countries are now being scrutinized with a magnifying glass causing a constant backlog.