Friday, August 8, 2008
Our visa is still not filed
After sending about 8 mails to DIAC ( the government agency responsible for immigration services ) I have gotten the answer. Apparently, our digital application was too big for the system to be processed normally, and thus it hung in the system database. I asked them if they could fix it, and they said the only solution was to convert it to a paper application. Needless to say that we agreed as long as they provided all the paperwork. In short : We still have not filed our Visa now.
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sounds like the online app is pretty unstable...
i'm wondering how it goes. do you scan and upload all the docs? how about notarization?
hi..
Well, I can still upload the docs using email, but not using the e-visa system. Basically the email system works the same but you don't get the delivery receipt. I am now putting all the scans in folders and I will zip all the folders one by one and email it to the DIAC. Then I will send all the pictures UNZIPPED once again all by email to the DIAC.
I hope they receive the files ok.
your scans are so huge that it got stuck in the system?
how big is big really? so i can avoid scanning them that big ;-)
No I didn't even upload anything. It got stuck right after the Visa payment, but before I uploaded the docs needed.
I think the problem was that I had LOADS of diploma's ( about 25 ) which maybe was too big. There was room for them all , I just kept adding them , but I think it caused a problem in the system.
My scans are about 40 megabytes zipped by the way. 150 DPI, full color.
That's the minimum my scanner can scan into ( 75 DPI isn't high enough setting, the next setting is 150 DPI ).
I think the legal minimum DPI is 92DPI or something alike. So I just took the safe side and 150DPi. The color is an absolute must, otherwise I have to have them all certified.
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