travel from Australia to US

[Harley999999 22]

iv been doing the application form  via their website,.

[stephanie918 46]

15 hours ago, Harley999999 said:

iv been doing the application form  via their website,.

Any progress today?

[Harley999999 22]

47 minutes ago, stephanie918 said:

Any progress today?

Nothing yet. Very frustrating

[Chad&Thalia 49]

The waiting game...

[stephanie918 46]

21 minutes ago, Harley999999 said:

Nothing yet. Very frustrating

So irritating! Surely very soon

[ECCK 211]

So I finally got it on my third attempt and I just remembered one important thing that I changed. I changed the exemption category from urgent personal business to the compassionate grounds one. According to the Senate hearing most of the approvals were through compassionate grounds while heaps of people were getting rejected with the urgent personal business reason due to insufficient evidence. I’m not 100% sure if this was what made it work because I also edited the statement I wrote to include more details about the K1 visa stuff. 

[Cilllah 470]

Will I have to do a separate application for my three year old and hope they both get accepted or can I include them in one? I am leaning towards applying via email so I can do them together if that is the case with info and everything for the both of us.

[stephanie918 46]

58 minutes ago, ECCK said:

So I finally got it on my third attempt and I just remembered one important thing that I changed. I changed the exemption category from urgent personal business to the compassionate grounds one. According to the Senate hearing most of the approvals were through compassionate grounds while heaps of people were getting rejected with the urgent personal business reason due to insufficient evidence. I’m not 100% sure if this was what made it work because I also edited the statement I wrote to include more details about the K1 visa stuff. 

Congrats!!! How long was it between lodgement, approval and flight? Great news!

11 minutes ago, Cilllah said:

Will I have to do a separate application for my three year old and hope they both get accepted or can I include them in one? I am leaning towards applying via email so I can do them together if that is the case with info and everything for the both of us.

I included my whole family on the form, as they give you options to add people

[Cilllah 470]

2 minutes ago, stephanie918 said:

Congrats!!! How long was it between lodgement, approval and flight? Great news!

I included my whole family on the form, as they give you options to add people

Oh do you have K2 coming over as well?

[ECCK 211]

6 minutes ago, stephanie918 said:

Congrats!!! How long was it between lodgement, approval and flight? Great news!

I included my whole family on the form, as they give you options to add people

I applied two days ago, got the approval late yesterday afternoon and the flight date was 27 May. 

[stephanie918 46]

56 minutes ago, Cilllah said:

Oh do you have K2 coming over as well?

No my kids are US citizens but could you add yours on the online form and just attach their info?

[Cilllah 470]

1 hour ago, stephanie918 said:

No my kids are US citizens but could you add yours on the online form and just attach their info?

Yeah, I think that is what I am going to do!

[Chad&Thalia 49]

@ECCK Congratulations!  It appears we're heading into another weekend in limbo, it's really weighing her down.  It's a shame because it's hard to get excited right now with no real assurance that she can actually fly out on the 30th.  If this one gets rejected, we'll explore the compassionate option, I appreciate the tip.  I did read where someone mentioned calling and getting some help, what number did they call? This hasn't been a helpful option the one time she attempted it....

[Harley999999 22]

They're working weekends atm. I've seen two people post they received theirs on a sunday.

[stephanie918 46]

1 minute ago, Harley999999 said:

They're working weekends atm. I've seen two people post they received theirs on a sunday.

I’ve heard that too. This limbo is so hard!