September 2014 Interviews

[bdrew612 1,071]

Hey everyone!

My husbands visa was Issued at the Sydney Consulate sometime around 3:00PM and it made it to Perth in Western Australia via Express Post by 8:00AM the following morning.

A TRUE MIRACLE!! He sent me a cute photo of himself holding up his visa; the proudest look on his face!

He is going to make his ORIGINAL flights with no cancellations or changes! What a blessing after this last scare with the computer glitch! He is on his way to me tomorrow night!

Best wishes for everyone!

YAY!!!! August is starting off great!!

[k.dlg 300]

Hey everyone!

My husbands visa was Issued at the Sydney Consulate sometime around 3:00PM and it made it to Perth in Western Australia via Express Post by 8:00AM the following morning.

A TRUE MIRACLE!! He sent me a cute photo of himself holding up his visa; the proudest look on his face!

He is going to make his ORIGINAL flights with no cancellations or changes! What a blessing after this last scare with the computer glitch! He is on his way to me tomorrow night!

Best wishes for everyone!

Oh, HAPPY DAYYY!! CONGRATS!!! I'm so glad it all worked out!!

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GOOD LUCK TO ALL AUGUST INTERVIEWS!!!!

[GazaSlimaz 43]

I'm starting to come to the realization that I may never leave these threads!! I'm officially a lifetime member! My process is over but I will be following and rooting for all of you!!!

Edited August 1, 2014 by gazaslimaz876

[PCOZ 32]

Hey everyone!

My husbands visa was Issued at the Sydney Consulate sometime around 3:00PM and it made it to Perth in Western Australia via Express Post by 8:00AM the following morning.

A TRUE MIRACLE!! He sent me a cute photo of himself holding up his visa; the proudest look on his face!

He is going to make his ORIGINAL flights with no cancellations or changes! What a blessing after this last scare with the computer glitch! He is on his way to me tomorrow night!

Best wishes for everyone!

That's wonderful news!! You must be so excited to see your hubs!

So it took over a week for the visa and his passport to be mailed back to him?

Did he pay for the express post on the 3kg package?

[PCOZ 32]

Goodness why so early? Well hopefully you will get a later expire of your Visa. Although many have 6 months from medical its not always that way. So all you can do is go and hope for the best. When CO sees the date I am sure they may adjust. Lets hope all Visa issues are solved by then.

For your embassy Visa issuance:

Visa issued same day? No If not whats the waiting period? Your visa will usually not be issued the same day. You will be required to leave your passport with the embassy and it will be posted back to you with your other documents once the visa has been printed. You can elect to have the Visa returned via Toll Couriers which requires signature, alternatively you can supply at your own cost, a self-addressed 3kg Express Post envelope. Once the Consulate has received all pending documents and your application is approved for issuance, your visa will be issued and mailed to you. Increasingly, next day pick-up or delivery is the norm rather than same day issuance of visa. Processing of the document return usually takes two to three business days.

Hi Dwheels,

We got his medical earlier to get it out of the way. We also never thought we'd be checklisted and set back by 6 weeks!

So I'm going to email the Syd consulate and explain situation and see if they suggest we get another medical.

I think we'd only have a problem with the current medical, if there was a delay from the interview to him receiving his visa and passport, which would then delay POE. Our 6 month cut off for his medical is September 12. That may be cutting it close if there were any delays. A very expensive mistake if we have to redo the medical.

[ah24 11]

Congratulations to my peeps for Pakistan I have added and updated you all that posted in the August thread.

I know more is to come.

Thank you God bless you!

[cscrum318 56]

That's wonderful news!! You must be so excited to see your hubs!

So it took over a week for the visa and his passport to be mailed back to him?

Did he pay for the express post on the 3kg package?

It typically only takes 1-2 days after interview to have visa in hand from the Sydney Consulate. However, due to the recent "computer glitch" our status on the CEAC did not move to Administrative Processing until 7-29 and it did not move to Issued until 7-31. They then must have sent it immediately after they updated the status to Issued.

We did buy the 3KG bag and that was Express Post that guarantees Next Business Day delivery to METRO areas. We used a friends address (thankfully!) because he fell in to the required postal code. Otherwise we probably wouldn't have gotten in until Monday or Tuesday. I am SO glad that we did that because we had our interview before we even knew about the computer crash so we thought it would get there WELL before his flights tomorrow.

We literally made it JUST in the nick of time!

[Yhan2x 37]

Congrats to all who get interview schedule and those who's visa got issued

Omg it's august getting exited :)

Edited August 1, 2014 by Yhan2x

[LifeOnHold 186]

It's officially August!

This is too cute!!! That's how I feel....except that I am secretly anxious and nervous for him.

[benipals4 72]

Thanks Dwheels!!! Congrats everyone who recently got case completes and interviews scheduled.

[LifeOnHold 186]

Hey everyone!

My husbands visa was Issued at the Sydney Consulate sometime around 3:00PM and it made it to Perth in Western Australia via Express Post by 8:00AM the following morning.

A TRUE MIRACLE!! He sent me a cute photo of himself holding up his visa; the proudest look on his face!

He is going to make his ORIGINAL flights with no cancellations or changes! What a blessing after this last scare with the computer glitch! He is on his way to me tomorrow night!

Best wishes for everyone!

That is soooo exciting!!!!! So many are going to be reunited in the next few days. So much lovin will be going around (wink wink).

My hubs doesn't want to go alone on Tuesday. I think he's going to call and change my ticket AGAIN just so I can fly with him. I don't blame him. This whole experience has made us a tad bit poor....but at least there is a lot of love, right? Loll

Edited August 1, 2014 by LifeOnHold

[benipals4 72]

It typically only takes 1-2 days after interview to have visa in hand from the Sydney Consulate. However, due to the recent "computer glitch" our status on the CEAC did not move to Administrative Processing until 7-29 and it did not move to Issued until 7-31. They then must have sent it immediately after they updated the status to Issued.

We did buy the 3KG bag and that was Express Post that guarantees Next Business Day delivery to METRO areas. We used a friends address (thankfully!) because he fell in to the required postal code. Otherwise we probably wouldn't have gotten in until Monday or Tuesday. I am SO glad that we did that because we had our interview before we even knew about the computer crash so we thought it would get there WELL before his flights tomorrow.

We literally made it JUST in the nick of time!

yayyyy so happy for you!! congrats!!

[cscrum318 56]

That is soooo exciting!!!!! So many are going to be reunited in the next few days. So much lovin will be going around (wink wink).

My hubs doesn't want to go alone on Tuesday. I think he's going to call and change my ticket AGAIN just so I can fly with him. I don't blame him. This whole experience has made us a tad bit poor....but at least there is a lot of love, right? Loll

Aw man, I feel you on that front! This was an expensive process but I have adopted the mindset at this point of happiness over worrying about monetary issues. I'd fly with your hubby!

[benipals4 72]

congrats

Amanda & Lorena!!! so happy for you guys!!

[dwheels76 5,468]

I'm starting to come to the realization that I may never leave these threads!! I'm officially a lifetime member! My process is over but I will be following and rooting for all of you!!!

Good to have you here.