Quick 'n' dirty

[Ozgirl1981 78]

Chest and Ozgirl what are your priority dates?

Priority date?? If thats the day the NOA2 was given, then mine is 4th September

[PG & JW 0]

Hey Guys!

I think my CEAC updated today. The case creation date is now todays date instead of Oct 8, and it now says instead of wait for your interview time:

Your case is open and ready for your interview, fingerprints, and required documents. If you have already had your interview, please check your status after two business days. If no interview was required, please check back in two business days for the status of your application.

woohoo! (i think) >.>

[chestnutt 10]

Haha yeah not sure what that means but surely it's a good sign!!

[PG & JW 0]

Gotta be from the whole please wait for your interview... but i already had it I figure if they are saying 2 days! thats gotta be good to have an actual update

[PG & JW 0]

uhhh its now in Admin Processing...

Your visa case is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. This processing can take several weeks. Please follow any instructions provided by the Consular Officer at the time of your interview. If further information is needed, you will be contacted. If your visa application is approved, it will be processed and mailed/available within two business days.

[chestnutt 10]

uhhh its now in Admin Processing...

Your visa case is currently undergoing necessary administrative processing. This processing can take several weeks. Please follow any instructions provided by the Consular Officer at the time of your interview. If further information is needed, you will be contacted. If your visa application is approved, it will be processed and mailed/available within two business days.

Maybe that means it will be mailed in that two business days timeframe they gave? Have you tried calling the consulate, I'm not sure if they would tell you anything over the phone though :s

[PG & JW 0]

Maybe that means it will be mailed in that two business days timeframe they gave? Have you tried calling the consulate, I'm not sure if they would tell you anything over the phone though :s

Trying to call them is like trying to leave a corn maze with no exit. Its pointless. I am hopeful that in the next 2 days it will be issued and I can finally fly home.

I am thankful that at least the status has updated from the: ready for interview, to something at least in progress

I have my fingers crossed for you that you get the 2 day turn around!

[chestnutt 10]

Trying to call them is like trying to leave a corn maze with no exit. Its pointless. I am hopeful that in the next 2 days it will be issued and I can finally fly home.

I am thankful that at least the status has updated from the: ready for interview, to something at least in progress

I have my fingers crossed for you that you get the 2 day turn around!

Urgh corn maze without an exit, that's the stuff of nightmares!! Yeah it definitely means they are looking at your case so hopefully will be there soon Keep us updated with what's happening. Thanks, I'll cross mine too!

[PG & JW 0]

sure will do!

[willandnaz 0]

Hi everyone, I just have a quick question regarding creating a profile on the UStraveldocs website. We received packet 4 yesterday and have had our interview scheduled for January 28th, so we would like to get this out of the way soon. However, I can't seem to create a profile on UStraveldocs. I select "new user" and fill out all the information, but then it takes me back to the login page and says I need authorization to access the page. So I try to log in with the username and password I supposedly just used to register, but it tells me that my login attempt failed because my username or password is incorrect. Am I doing something wrong? I have tried every combination but am really just convinced that I must be missing something. Please help!

[Ozgirl1981 78]

Hi everyone, I just have a quick question regarding creating a profile on the UStraveldocs website. We received packet 4 yesterday and have had our interview scheduled for January 28th, so we would like to get this out of the way soon. However, I can't seem to create a profile on UStraveldocs. I select "new user" and fill out all the information, but then it takes me back to the login page and says I need authorization to access the page. So I try to log in with the username and password I supposedly just used to register, but it tells me that my login attempt failed because my username or password is incorrect. Am I doing something wrong? I have tried every combination but am really just convinced that I must be missing something. Please help!

Hey there... Try clearing your cookies and caches on your PC and try login again.

See you at the interview. We have the 28th also

[willandnaz 0]

We tried that and it still failed, but at one point after clicking "new user" it allowed us to select Australia as our country. Before that, there was no drop-down list and the "select country for visa" category said "Australia/?country=Australia/?country=Australia". For some reason it finally allowed us to actually select the country and it worked. There must be something wrong with the form.

What time is your interview? Ours is at 9:30.

[Ozgirl1981 78]

We tried that and it still failed, but at one point after clicking "new user" it allowed us to select Australia as our country. Before that, there was no drop-down list and the "select country for visa" category said "Australia/?country=Australia/?country=Australia". For some reason it finally allowed us to actually select the country and it worked. There must be something wrong with the form.

What time is your interview? Ours is at 9:30.

We have 10am, but I'll be flying from Melbourne and arriving at Syd airport at 8am and will make my way straight over to the embassy so will be there early.

You wont miss me.. I'll be the one with 3 kids there.. LOL

[willandnaz 0]

We're also flying from Melbourne to Sydney, arriving at 7:25am. See you there! May I ask if you've researched transportation at all? Two return tickets on the airport link will cost us more than $70! We're thinking that perhaps a taxi would be cheaper, at least if we take it some of the way and walk the rest. The things we'll do to save a few pennies these days.

[Ozgirl1981 78]

We're also flying from Melbourne to Sydney, arriving at 7:25am. See you there! May I ask if you've researched transportation at all? Two return tickets on the airport link will cost us more than $70! We're thinking that perhaps a taxi would be cheaper, at least if we take it some of the way and walk the rest. The things we'll do to save a few pennies these days.

Yeah, I researched transport and figure the cheapest way for me and my 3 children is taxi. According to some taxi estimates I've gotten online, it looks to be about $40-$50 one way. But it's door to door. No trains queues. So we are taking taxi. I know how you feel about saving your pennies. With paying the visa fee and flights to Syd, and everything else before hand, this process has cost me $3719... ouch. Cheapest is good LOL