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Woohoo!!!

Passport came back on Monday with the new shiny visa. It's so beautiful!

Just got an email from the consulate. My visa has been issued!!!! :D It's starting to feel real now! @gemka Tell that doc to step on it!!

Yeah, but usually Sydney is quite fast - lots of past OCers have gotten their passports back within a couple of days. Ah well. Unfortunately I can't let myself be fully happy until I see the visa lol.

Anyone who interviewed on Tuesday heard anything from the consulate/got their passports back yet? I am also very impatient. :p

I was scheduled for my interview today at 11:15 and got to level 10 about 20 minutes early. Went through security - shoes off, jacket off, electronics, cables, USB's and pens (!) out of bag and into the tray. The lovely young ladies there had a look through my paperwork and stuck the photo to...

Approved! I think? The CO said they were waiting for some extra checks to come through and I asked what that meant, and he said it was just to make sure I had never been arrested in the US (you think they would have done that before the interview LOL but maybe they do extra checks after?). But...

First of all, congratulations!!! Second of all, that's so annoying! But it that's all it is, I'm sure it'll get cleared very fast.

Whatever it takes to get that GC!

Well best of luck @gemka @Alex McDermott and everyone else who is interviewing tomorrow. I'm quite late in the morning (11:15) so I don't know if I'll see any of you there, but maybe you'll all be walking out with huge smiles on your face by the time I arrive to MLC. :D Hard to believe the day...

Just quickly checking - what have people produced in the past for the high school requirement? Do they just want the actual award saying "blah blah has successfully completed the NSW higher school certificate etc" or are they after the subject results as well?

And having your life just hang in the balance until the CO delivers the verdict... Thanks for the kind words, I should try that! My brain is telling me everything should be fine, but of course my gut can't help but worry about all the minor things that might go wrong.

May be worth getting a new one just for peace of mind if you have the time. If not, the worst that will happen is that you will be put on AP until you produce a new certificate, they won't reject you outright. As long as you're not in a massive rush to move right away there's not really any harm...

If only I looked that adorable in my pre-interview stress. :D

Well, 4 sleeps left until the interview and needless to say, I am having kittens!!:eek: What is "relaxed"?

Yep, I used that one too and they replied back pretty fast with the generic 'thank you.' :)

The email from the consulate says that all that's needed for your profile is name and email address, so don't worry about it at all. :)

They sound confused, it's true that it's wise for people that are on the visa waiver or perhaps on a short term non-immigrant visas to have a ticket home to prove they are not planning on sticking around after their visa expires, but definitely not for LPR's as Mom said! Have a great trip :)

Yeah, just ask them to print out the record of the vaccination being done and they should sign it as well. All you need. :)

Haaa certainly hope not! :eek: