On August 8 afternoon I phoned to DIMA Adelaide Skilled Processing Center to inquiry my immigratin application status. The inquiry hot line No. is 08- 8237 6614 or 0061-8-8237 6614 if you call from China. Now I disclose the information got from DIMA Adelaide to All Chinese applicants:
IN SUMMARY from my conversation with the DIMA Adelaide official, I confirmed two news: The good one is The NORMAL processing time for immigration will be 8-12 weeks； The bad one is the current case piled in Adelaide have to wait. It takes time for DIMA Adelaide office on the right track to process.
1. For the transferred cases from DIMA Beijing Embassy: The official said it NORMALLY takes 8 to 12 WEEKS to finalise the processing. DEFINITELY majority of transferred case from Beijing will be finished by the END OF OCTOBER. They have been working hard all the time.They will notify in writing every applicant the result or request additional documents. if you have not been receive any replies from DIMA Adelaide office at that time, you should contact with Adelaide. Now you should be patient and wait.
The official also told me that the reason that DIMA establish the Adelaide immigration center is to accelerate the immigration process. IN NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCE it need 8-12 weeks to finalize a immigration case.
2. For the cases lodged with Australia, namely applied as 880/881/882: NORMALLY it takes 8 weeks to finalise the processing. They will also notify in writing every applicant the result or request additional documents.
3. For the case lodged before July 1, 1999, namley old case: This is a priority for DIMA Adelaide. Most of this batch of cases are now under the way.
4. For the applicant of ICT who passed through ACS accredtion: This is another priority for DIMA Adelaide.
5. For any concerns or worries or inquires: DIMA Adelaide STRONGLY recommend that applicants should not inquire the case status at this point because the inquires will prevent them from hanling the huge amounts of case piled in Adelaide, defer the processing time, not to accelearte the processing.
