Hi Vandal1,
Checkout this thread and get a feel for what the real waiting time is
viewtopic.php?f=74&t=10627I was told once by FAR that they see more statuses than we do online (they could tell when the letter had been printed, or things have gone to ServiceNSW), so when you get “check again in a couple of weeks” I reckon it hasn’t progressed. When they tell you “you should be getting something soon” that means they’ve seen some progression.
Also, for new applications, we believe the online status checks only gets updated overnight Friday’s. We haven’t seen a fresh licence online status update on days other than a Saturday morning on that thread.
In saying all this, 2nd June applications should’ve been attended to by now. I had a new genuine reason added (which was subject to all new application waits) which was lodged online 3 June that was approved a few weeks ago. My mate who lodged his application a week later was 2 weeks behind mine.
I reckon give it til Saturday morning and check the online status of the application. If there is genuinely nothing wrong with your application it shouldn’t be far away. But if it doesn’t come thru, call again Monday and say others that have been approved or send an email (so I’ve been told, I haven’t done this) so u get a response in writing.
My other mate had a different name (like 35 characters long from NZ) and goes by an abbreviated name. His application took a few weeks longer than our original applications at the time. We figured it had to do with something like that .. something that maybe stopped the sync between FAR and ServiceNSW servers from happening automatically. We guessed it took someone to have to sync it manually.
Good luck, stay as patient as you can .. because waiting to receive the photo advice can be just as frustrating. We believe that the printing has been centralised and happens once a week possibly on the weekend for posting out early during the week. Lately this has meant notices taking a little over a week to actually be received (guessing the FAR notices don’t make it for printing on the same weekend as they get synced online).
Photo licence I originally received in 3 working days, took a little over a week this time too .. sad but at least you’re further along than others in the waiting game.
I rang FAR to check on my kids minor’s permits and they were still processing early May applications.. that’s 4 months and only progress was them receipting payment and not even scanned into the online status checks ..
Good luck
Mick