Originally Posted by
Chronic Snoozer
Now tell me again why it takes 10 weeks and $250?
Because the AI reading your faded and coffee-stained Birth Certificate (you did include a copy, didn't you?!?) couldn't quite match up your middle initial with the typo on your application form and bounced it back to an underpaid, overworked "Administrative Assistant" in the bowels of a Canberra building somewhere... and you were unlucky enough that at the precise moment your application landed on their desk they got up for a toilet break and never came back. FWIW, I got mine in 3 weeks.
The question I'd be asking when you do finally receive it is what the expiry date is, 'cause I'll bet it ain't 24 months from your application date!