I wasn't surprised that they will take this long coz of the student visa applicants that i saw last March 27 in VFS. I was in VFS at 3am and i was 139th on the list. And the number multiplied at 6am.

I'm still in touch with the other settlement applicants that I met last March 27 and the 31st, and none of them has their visa yet. I'm still patiently waiting but I admit that I am disappointed.

I phoned them earlier today and they said they are still processing the 1st week of April. They said that my application reached them on April 1, so I am in that batch and hopefully it will be released this week or next week. They also said that local background checking takes time.