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So are we all pretty sure that interviews are always Tuesdays in Sydney? Trying to figure out if it's worth risking booking a few days away between a Wednesday-Monday in Dec or Jan , we have flight credit we need to book soon!

Hi Indiollie - I was just searching the forum for something and stumbled across this thread which mentioned someone else who had also in Japan for 11 months and DID need the police certificate! May be better to get it rather than to go through the same ordeal ...

Yes, definitely worth checking day by day (I used to be a travel agent) and it really can vary due to booking class availability!

I'm seeing some cheap fares from Bris to Lax mid December one way! $1299 with Hawaiian up to $1541 with Qantas . Not bad ! Though will likely skyrocket if you book last minute Could always save your points for a trip home :)

Oh that sucks about flights! Are you with Qantas FF? We are with Velocity /virgin and lucky there's business rewards seats from mid January onwards- fingers crossed they are still there when we come to book our flights!

Aww thanks haha it's merely a work in progress blog at the moment!!! Better start working on it a bit more if people are going to be looking now though :p

Yup! Trying to start a blog about the whole process.. plus my half-hearted attempt at a travel blog :P

Maybe you could call the Consulate and change your address with them, if there are forms to be sent?

Yeah it doesn't make much sense for them to put out the VBs with such high numbers if they can't keep up... especially cause they started out so much higher than the last few years!

Yay so glad you got your interview :D I think/hope we (higher 400s) will be December... I don't wanna wait till January! :P

Out of interest when did you submit your forms ?

Just when I think i've got it figured out about how the DV process works, there's always something to prove me wrong :P So you're CN can go current for a particular month, but you still may not get an interview! I wish we'd known to try and get our form in earlier..but I guess noone predicted...

Am I right in interpreting that this is because of the new online DS260 causing backlogs, and in previous years we would have been fine?

In that case, I will be patient and try and stop thinking about it! We may not even get a November interview as we submitted our form mid July :(

I feel for anyone with higher CN's... we are a relatively low number and the waiting is already killing me :P I'm a big "planner"...so I just want to know dates so I can get this whole thing organised :P

So it's the 15th in the US now.. should everyone who is current for NOV expect 2NL's today/can we check the DV Status site today and it should be updated? So eager! :P

Yeah I think it's grocery shopping that's going to be a big change for me - I'm already a label checker/conscious eater and it's going to be hard knowing standards are completely different over there for food, but yes, all part of the adventure!! It may just mean seeking out different grocery...

Waiting for 2NL!!

I've been thinking about whether to take vegemite or not, and if I'll miss any quintessential "australian" food... but I don't think I will - I think I could live without vegemite as I don't have it that often, rarely eat Tim Tams, don't eat weetbix etc... I"m more so worried about getting...

We will most likely be leaving mid or late January if we get a November interview and probably the same if we get December (about a month after interview ) but comes down to availability of flights on frequent flyer points (so close to having enough for one way business class :D)