McArton

> Mr Ellard did mine as well.
>
> I got the approval today :-D
>
> Submitted 15 August so fairly quick to get through.
>
> /Niclas

Congratulations - Good news as now he's free to do mine which was
submitted on 25/07/06.

Cheers
Mark

Herrchook

> Fantastic news, lets hope we're all just a few days behind you. We
> went in a couple of weeks before you but there was a delay with the
> payment which I think finally went through around the 16th August.
>
> Gill

Nooooooooooo, just checked my credit card statement and the ACS payment
didn't come off until 1st September. That's a full month after
submitting. The problem appears to have been that ACS entered the wrong
cc details when requesting the payment. They contacted our agent who
advised us, we checked that all was OK our end and asked ACS to try
again. Over two weeks had passed by that time, and it seems it took a
further 2 weeks for them to receive payment. :-(((( We had been told
that the official wait times only begin after payment is received so
that puts us a whole month behind schedule.

HHHmmm, not very happy. We're on STNI and this only lasts 6 months so
we have a limited length of time in which to get ACS sorted and apply to
DIMA. At this rate, if there's any problems with ACS, we're going to be
in trouble!!!

Gill

McArton

> Nooooooooooo, just checked my credit card statement and the ACS
> payment didn't come off until 1st September. That's a full month
> after submitting. The problem appears to have been that ACS entered
> the wrong cc details when requesting the payment. They contacted our
> agent who advised us, we checked that all was OK our end and asked ACS
> to try again. Over two weeks had passed by that time, and it seems it
> took a further 2 weeks for them to receive payment. :-(((( We had
> been told that the official wait times only begin after payment is
> received so that puts us a whole month behind schedule.
>
> HHHmmm, not very happy. We're on STNI and this only lasts 6 months so
> we have a limited length of time in which to get ACS sorted and apply
> to DIMA. At this rate, if there's any problems with ACS, we're going
> to be in trouble!!!
>
> Gill

Hi Gill,

That's a real pain.

Here's the full timeline for my OH.

20/07/06 - Sent to agent and onto ACS
20/08/06 - Received by ACS
20/09/06 - Payment taken
20/10/06 - Still on "In process"
20/11/06 - With assessor
20/12/06 - Passed with MODL (SAP)

This was for someone with a degree (not RPL) so times do vary.

I've just resubmitted mine (RPL which took 2m 10d from May) to try to
get MODL for me as I've been told we can't use OH skills as she's been
on maternity leave for 9 out of last 18 months. How annoyed!!

Cheers
Mark

Herrchook

> Hi Gill,
>
> That's a real pain.
>
> Here's the full timeline for my OH.
>
> 20/07/06 - Sent to agent and onto ACS
> 25/07/06 - Received by ACS
> 26/07/06 - Payment taken
> 20/09/06 - Still on "In process"
> 22/09/06 - With assessor
> 25/09/06 - Passed with MODL (SAP)
>
> This was for someone with a degree (not RPL) so times do vary.
>
> I've just resubmitted mine (RPL which took 2m 10d from May) to try to
> get MODL for me as I've been told we can't use OH skills as she's been
> on maternity leave for 9 out of last 18 months. How annoyed!!
>
> Cheers
> Mark

Hi, OH is a degree as well, not RPL. If it's correct that assessment
wait times commence after payment then based on your times, we might be
waiting until November!!! Nooooooooo.

Getting all the DIMA forms off to agent this week. So, barring any
problems with ACS, we'll apply as soon as ACS comes back.

Fingers crossed that I'm wrong and that ACS approval is just around
the corner.

The frustrating thing with all this is that we're already 6 months +
behind where we wanted to be as we were originally rejected for STNI and
had to wait to reapply.

Oh well, good things come to those who wait I guess.

I hope you get your own back soon too.

Gill

Iwannabethere

> Did you originally apply under 2231-79 before these catagories were
> added? If not there may be isues as I believe they will only asses the
> MODL class on the form.

Yes, 2231-79 SAP. It should be fine as is, it's just that Oracle
experience is more recent so if they wanted to be picky they now have a
choice of 2 to look at!

Krishna99

> Yes, 2231-79 SAP. It should be fine as is, it's just that Oracle
> experience is more recent so if they wanted to be picky they now have
> a choice of 2 to look at!

I worked as Oracle DBA for 2 yrs plus, do you think I can be
considered in MODL

Cardos

> I worked as Oracle DBA for 2 yrs plus, do you think I can be
> considered in MODL

My status has changed as of today to 'With assessor', in addition to
this I now have a footnote on the webpage informing me :

'Please allow up to 10 days if living in Australia or 21 days for
overseas for your result letter to arrive.'

I am REALLY bricking it now LOL!!!!!

Herrchook

> My status has changed as of today to 'With assessor', in addition to
> this I now have a footnote on the webpage informing me :
>
> 'Please allow up to 10 days if living in Australia or 21 days for
> overseas for your result letter to arrive.'
>
> I am REALLY bricking it now LOL!!!!!

Woohoo, fantastic, you're on the home straight now mate. Are you using
an agent? I wonder if you'll hear quicker with an agent.

Our agent contacted us last night after my moment of madness yesterday
(sorry George ;-( ) and has told us we might hear in about a week.

Fingers crossed for us all.

Do you have your DIMA forms all ready Cardos? Ours are going to our
agent today. Were hoping to do it yesterday, but OH gets this months
wage slip today, so it made sense to hold off a day and include that.

Gill

Cardos

> Woohoo, fantastic, you're on the home straight now mate. Are you
> using an agent? I wonder if you'll hear quicker with an agent.
>
> Our agent contacted us last night after my moment of madness yesterday
> (sorry George ;-( ) and has told us we might hear in about a week.
>
> Fingers crossed for us all.
>
> Do you have your DIMA forms all ready Cardos? Ours are going to our
> agent today. Were hoping to do it yesterday, but OH gets this months
> wage slip today, so it made sense to hold off a day and include that.
>
> Gill

I feel really tardy now, I havent even printed the forms yet *hangs head
in shame* LOL, I have taken a look at them online though
Im going to be applying for the subclass 138 so shud really be getting
form 40 off to my sister soon.

I didnt use an agent *yet*, however if this app fails i'm going to go
down the agent route.........tbh I would have used one already but cant
afford the expense, I need every penny from when the house sale goes
though for the big move.

BTW I noticed u guys are applying with a Uni degree, im applying under
group B with an MCSE so im wondering if that has anything to do with
processing times?, i would have thought u group A guys would get
processed quicker than us group B'ers.

Fingers crossed you get the 'with assessor' message anyday now

Herrchook

> I feel really tardy now, I havent even printed the forms yet *hangs
> head in shame* LOL, I have taken a look at them online though
> Im going to be applying for the subclass 138 so shud really be getting
> form 40 off to my sister soon.
>
> I didnt use an agent *yet*, however if this app fails i'm going to go
> down the agent route.........tbh I would have used one already but
> cant afford the expense, I need every penny from when the house sale
> goes though for the big move.
>
> BTW I noticed u guys are applying with a Uni degree, im applying under
> group B with an MCSE so im wondering if that has anything to do with
> processing times?, i would have thought u group A guys would get
> processed quicker than us group B'ers.
>
> Fingers crossed you get the 'with assessor' message anyday now

OH just called, he's on his way to post the stuff right now. That feels
great. It's kind of all ou of our hands now.

Using an agent is expensive, but for us it's been well worth it.

Who knows how they prioritise the workload!! It's all a mystery to me.
But I suspect the delayed payment won't have helped.

Now, go get those forms printed

Gill