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Interviews in Australia set to be reduced with some cancelled

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2 hours ago, Cilllah said:

Just had my interview today. They actually asked me a lot of questions! My daughter didn’t sleep well last night so was grumpy and in my face the whole time too!

They hadn’t received my medical yet but they said it takes 1-2 weeks and I only got it done a week ago today. They said they should have it next week and issue my visas as soon as they do!

So yeah they said I’m approved and not to worry. Just waiting for that!

Congrats!!! :D

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My status changed to issued today! Guess I can start canceling things!

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2 hours ago, Cilllah said:

Just had my interview today. They actually asked me a lot of questions! My daughter didn’t sleep well last night so was grumpy and in my face the whole time too!

They hadn’t received my medical yet but they said it takes 1-2 weeks and I only got it done a week ago today. They said they should have it next week and issue my visas as soon as they do!

So yeah they said I’m approved and not to worry. Just waiting for that!

Congratulations on the approval!

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Rosie_Emma91   38

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15 minutes ago, Cilllah said:

 

Thanks both! Now to put the permission to leave application together!

I have applied twice and no response :( I'm not sure what's going on!

 

I got paranoid they didn't receive my first application so applied again! 

 

I feel like I can't move forward until I have approval. It's a little annoying :(

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2 minutes ago, Rosie_Emma91 said:

I have applied twice and no response :( I'm not sure what's going on!

 

I got paranoid they didn't receive my first application so applied again! 

 

I feel like I can't move forward until I have approval. It's a little annoying :(

What date of departure did you write? They’re really slow and seem to only give you notice a day or two before the date you put in your application. 

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Cilllah   482

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27 minutes ago, Rosie_Emma91 said:

I have applied twice and no response :( I'm not sure what's going on!

 

I got paranoid they didn't receive my first application so applied again! 

 

I feel like I can't move forward until I have approval. It's a little annoying :(

That’s so stressful! When are you wanting to leave? I’m really hoping I can get as much notice as possible but they don’t seem to like that.

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33 minutes ago, ECCK said:

What date of departure did you write? They’re really slow and seem to only give you notice a day or two before the date you put in your application. 

I entered mid July as my departure date for the first application and then mid June with the second application as I am hoping to travel sooner rather than later. I don't understand why they approve so close to the departure date :(

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Cilllah   482

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Did your guys medical appointments send you a package to your house afterwards? Mine didn’t arrive at the consulate yet and my mum showed me a package that arrived from the medical. I’m not yet home yet and as I’ve never heard about this I’m now worried they somehow sent it to me instead of the consulate lol.

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10 minutes ago, Cilllah said:

Did your guys medical appointments send you a package to your house afterwards? Mine didn’t arrive at the consulate yet and my mum showed me a package that arrived from the medical. I’m not yet home yet and as I’ve never heard about this I’m now worried they somehow sent it to me instead of the consulate lol.

Yeah my medical was sent straight to the consulate. I think that’s the usual practice. 

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Hey all, we’ve been DQ’d and now are waiting for an interview in Sydney.

 

have they re-commenced interviews or is it a long, unknown wait until a date can be set? 
 

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14 hours ago, Cilllah said:

Just had my interview today. They actually asked me a lot of questions! My daughter didn’t sleep well last night so was grumpy and in my face the whole time too!

They hadn’t received my medical yet but they said it takes 1-2 weeks and I only got it done a week ago today. They said they should have it next week and issue my visas as soon as they do!

So yeah they said I’m approved and not to worry. Just waiting for that!

Congratulations!!! Let us know how everything else goes and if you need any advice.

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2 hours ago, KittyKat3072 said:

Congratulations!!! Let us know how everything else goes and if you need any advice.

Thank you!

I think I’m mainly OK. Just wondering if it’s actually OK to put an earlier travel date? I’m leaving July 14th and want as much notice as possible to prepare my family.

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15 minutes ago, Cilllah said:

Thank you!

I think I’m mainly OK. Just wondering if it’s actually OK to put an earlier travel date? I’m leaving July 14th and want as much notice as possible to prepare my family.

We said it's urgent and he needs to travel asap. Also that the date of departure is dependent on which date he gets the exemption to travel. That way it seems like you could travel the day after getting it or something. 

The email said you need not reapply after an approval if your date changes, unless your departure airport changes.

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19 hours ago, Cilllah said:

Just had my interview today. They actually asked me a lot of questions! My daughter didn’t sleep well last night so was grumpy and in my face the whole time too!

They hadn’t received my medical yet but they said it takes 1-2 weeks and I only got it done a week ago today. They said they should have it next week and issue my visas as soon as they do!

So yeah they said I’m approved and not to worry. Just waiting for that!

How was you able to get an interview... Are they open or did you have an emergency situation? 

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Just got an expedite approval email from the NVC. Applied May 27th. 

 

Now we get to stress out about the fact that I mailed my husband documents for the interview and they're stuck in transit, and then getting a travel exemption. One step closer to being together thousand it feels great!

 
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