After Interview

[Sukran 0]

Hi guys,

we had our interview yesterday at Sydney consulate and we are approved

They kept my finace's passport but didn't provide any "congratulations, you are approved paper". is that ok? they didn't keep any other documents but his passport?

I trying to figure our how to track our progress from here on? I checked CEAC, our case was touched yesterday but still in "READY" status? When can i expect it to change and what will it change to? And how many days will it take to get his passport in hand?

Thank you so much guys! and best wishes to everyone in this process.

[rutabaga 209]

Congrats! Local procedure may differ, but when I recently got approved in Serbia, the closest thing I got to a "congrats" on paper was a sheet with the instructions on how to pick a DHL office to which I want my passport & docs to be delivered They also returned most of the originals I brought and only kept my police & court clearance certificates. My status remained as Ready on CEAC until they physically printed my visa (next day for me) when it changed to Issued. So... in brief, my experience at the stage where you're at was pretty much the same is all I'm saying.

[Sukran 0]

Thank you there!

I hope our gets updated in next couple of days to Issues

Congrats! Local procedure may differ, but when I recently got approved in Serbia, the closest thing I got to a "congrats" on paper was a sheet with the instructions on how to pick a DHL office to which I want my passport & docs to be delivered They also returned most of the originals I brought and only kept my police & court clearance certificates. My status remained as Ready on CEAC until they physically printed my visa (next day for me) when it changed to Issued. So... in brief, my experience at the stage where you're at was pretty much the same is all I'm saying.

[ExtraTerrestrial 3]

I was approved in Sydney late last year. Wasn't given anything. Didn't pay a lot of attention to tracking the status of mine post-interview, because i'd read so many stories about how slow it was to update - some people receive their passport before anything changes. That said, I think it might change to 'issued' or something along those lines. I lived a few hours out of Sydney and my passport showed up 6 days after my interview.