@Pittsky86 said:
Hello mga kabayan! :smile:
My student visa application was lodged yesterday by my agent (January 14, 2020). Orientation at Macquarie University starts on February 17, 2020. Aabot pa kaya ako sa orientation? Visa processing times shared in my immi account says 32-53 days. Any experience/stories before na pwede nila iprioritize yung malapit na orientation and commencement ng course?
Any fellow prospective MU students this semester 1, 2020?
Have you done your medical already? If not, you'll have to factor that in. In my case I received the request for medical 2 days after lodging visa application, then booked the earliest appointment for medical (which was a week after I received the request for medical). The med result came out probably around a week, then the visa grant a little over a week after. So for me it took about 3-4 weeks from visa lodgement.
Take note though that every student's case is different, some get their visas right away, others' took weeks (especially if there's an issue with the medical). A classmate of mine only got his visa 2 weeks AFTER the start of classes because of issue with his medical; he had to email the program director about his late arrival to Australia due to visa grant delay. He only got his student visa the day before he was flying out (he already booked a ticket at that time). In his case, there were strict about clearing medicals, so there was no special treatment at all even though classes had already started.
