I have just gone through the license conversion process and I must say it was incredible how incompetent CASA CLARC is compared to US FAA and NZ CAA. I really don't know how you guys put up with this.
Form 61-4A (Initial Conversion Request Form) took more than 2 months to be approved. CASA would not even recognise US FAA English Proficient as equivalent to Level 4. Had to supply another ICAO license for this small matter.
Documents lost at CLARC office, had to send a few documents again.
Medical took more than 2 months to be approved, thanks to MRS.
ASIC was a part of Form 61-4A application and was swiftly approved (surprised) and received it soon after.
After passing a flight test, submitted Form 61-4B, application returned because and I quote CLARC "we don't have anything in the system that you have been approved and received ASIC".
For heaven's sake, I don't know how you guys put up with it after paying horrendous amounts of unjustifiable fees and do not even receive appropriate customer service. May be government employees' attitude to be blamed?
Next time I need to do a conversion, I'm heading over to Kiwi-land.
Peace