Dear Partner, Due to large number of tourists travelling to Australia for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 and Summer Holidays, the visa office at the Australian High Commission, New Delhi is currently experiencing a very high volume of Visitor visa lodgements. As a result, visa processing time may take longer than usual. Travellers planning to apply for an Australian visitor/ business visa are requested to please keep clear 15 working days (3 weeks) on hand at the time of submitting the application to avoid any kind of disappointment. On Thursday, 8 January 2015, the department is processing tourist visa applications lodged on: 02 January 2015 To check the latest processing timeframes please visit: india.embassy.gov.au/ndli/09012013.html The Australian High Commission strongly advises visa applicants not to make non-refundable travel/ airline bookings in anticipation of the grant of a visa within 15 working days of lodgement. Any such decisions are the sole responsibility of the visa applicant. We recommend instead that you lodge your visa application well ahead of your clients’ proposed travel date and only finalise such arrangements after your visa process has been completed. We also request that clients and agents keep status inquiries both by phone and email to a minimum, taking into account the above update on processing times and given that attending to large volumes of inquiries impacts on the resources they have available to finalise visa applications. Thank you for your support & understanding. Best Regards
Posted on: Fri, 09 Jan 2015 07:50:08 +0000
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