Australian Visa Processing.

The second stage of processing for the permanent visa 100 for my wife. DIAC forwarded

the required documentation about 2 months before the application deadline.

I received an acknowlegement that the documents were received about 7 days before the

date 2 years from the initial application. This is the application deadline.

Documentation was very simple and consisted of the following.

Checklist with the following documentation attached.

Sponsor. Statutory Declaration from Sponsor ( This is a pro forma document )

Applicant. Statutory Declaration from Applicant ( this is a pro forma document)

AFP certificate.

Acknowledgement card completed with your name and address.

Forwarded by Registered Mail to Canberra ACT.

A " case officer" was allocated to her application 6 weeks later and received this advice

by E- Mail.

All communication can be carried out using e-mail and telephone to the officers extension

number.

If you send mail to them make sure it has a tracking number, if you telephone them make sure

you forward a covering e-mail.

Keep copies of all correspondence