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Australia and New ZealandPacket 3 checklist - Police Certificate (Australia)

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elgartaMaleAustralia2013-07-10 00:30:00
Australia and New ZealandPacket 3 checklist - Police Certificate (Australia)

Hi all,

 

I haven't done much posting personally as my fiancee has been taking care of alot of that, but I wanted to get some clarification on something regarding the Police Certificate & the DSL-1076 (Statement of readiness to be Interviewed)

 

We recieved the packet 3 yesterday, and I have filled in all of the paperwork and sent the DS-230 (Part I) back to the Sydney consulate office. Now, the checklist we got with the DSL-1076 clearly says what paperwork we need to send away for, but I am having some confusion over the police certificate.

 

I recently had a name-check done, and thought this would be sufficient as the embassy, state department, local police & federal police websites & call centres didn't specify that I needed a fingerprint check done for a visa application, which apparently I do. So I went and got my prints taken last night and am filling in the paperwork to get another police check done (Grr).

After quite some runaround with talking to the local polce station, state police call center, Australian Federal Police call center & even the embassy call center, it appears as though I can request for the certificate/clearance to be sent directly to the consulate office once it has been completed, which is apparently within 30 days.

 

Now is it possible to send off my DSL-1076 and attach a page stating that the police certificate is going to be sent to them directly from the federal police, so I can hopefully avoid waiting up to 2 months for an interview, or am I actually required to send them the certificate personally? The embassy website says that residents of NSW & QLD will have theirs sent directly to the Embassy, so surely it would be fine? If I can do this, would I be safe to assume that when I provide the alternate address to forward it on to, someone will see my case # if I put 'CASE# SYD*******" in the attention field?

 

Any insight to this would be greatly appreciated. So close to being able to be with fiancee again and would like to overlap any waiting periods now so that I don't need to wait months upon months to see this through.


elgartaMaleAustralia2013-07-10 00:11:00
Australia and New ZealandIs it possible to call the Sydney consulate to ask questions about my application?

Hi Julie,

 

Unfortunately, as far as I am aware, there is no phone number to be able to speak with someone directly regarding immigration visas. There is a general enquiries line for non-immigrant visas, but if you try to speak with someone there they just open a case on your behalf and you will usually get a general form response.

My case was last updated on the 6th also, and I am awaiting a response after submitting further documents to them. I have emailed them on the 6th, and again 2 days ago and am yet to get a response back. So a part of me suspects that things have slowed down there this week. Course, I could be wrong.

Hopefully you hear back and get something soon! We had some unexpected delays hit us after being told everything was approved. :(


elgartaMaleAustralia2013-09-12 04:55:00