From other forums and news groups etc. It really does seem that it is a real lottery when it comes to getting your skilled independent visa processed. At the moment some people are receiving their requests for medicals in three months, some poor people have to wait nine months, some six and others over a year. Do they have a system in Adelaide or do you think it is just luck and it depends if you are lucky enough for them to pick up your file?

I guess I am not the only one who is getting in a real tizzy over it all. Don't they realise we all have to put our life on hold, not know if we are coming or going and try to plan the rest of our lives without knowing when it will start?



I feel better after my little gripe, but it still piddles me off.

Hi Paul, I can fully appreciate what you are going through. We spent a year putting our life on hold, not knowing whether to enrol our kids in high school or plan any holidays. Its very frustrating. Even now that we've had our visas approved we're still waiting to sell our house and for the kids to finish their school year. It sometimes feels that everything's working against us and that we'll never get there. But I'm sure we all will. And I'm sure that when its 'all systems go' it will pass really quickly and we'll wish we had more time!

So, just hold tight, it will all work out in the end. Where are you heading out to?