Ril

We were under the impression that the reponse time for medicals
was 70 days.

Our application for a 136 MODL visa arrived in Adelaide at the beginning
of June, and we included the PCC with it.

An email was sent to us by DIMIA last week asking for medicals within 28
days - this is in advance of a CO being assigned.

We had booked a medical for early December, but this is after the
deadline given. Booking an earlier medical would be difficult due to my
partner's shift patterns (she's a nurse).

We shall be asking for longer, but wondered if anyone could say whether
that would adversely affect the application?

Weasy

> We were under the impression that the reponse time for medicals was
> 70 days.
>
> Our application for a 136 MODL visa arrived in Adelaide at the
> beginning of June, and we included the PCC with it.
>
> An email was sent to us by DIMIA last week asking for medicals within
> 28 days - this is in advance of a CO being assigned.
>
> We had booked a medical for early December, but this is after the
> deadline given. Booking an earlier medical would be difficult due to
> my partner's shift patterns (she's a nurse).
>
> We shall be asking for longer, but wondered if anyone could say
> whether that would adversely affect the application?

I would have thought it would be absolutely fine if you explain why -
people meet delays for all sorts of reasons and apparantly case officers
are very understanding...

Lou
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