There is one good news too,,
A friend of mine had filed through a rougue consultant. His file was delayed endlessly (over 2.5 years), and the consultant was not replying to his e-mails for months.
His 1st medicals had also expired. So he paid another consultant for help.
When I saw the letters sent to VO by the new consultant, I advised him to forget the new consultant also.
I drafted for him a long letter with his complete file update, requesting the status and sent it to Visa Office.
Within 9 days, his new Medicals were issued, requesting fresh application forms, new photographs and passports!!
His new consultant did such a shoddy job of filling his new forms that they could ensure him a refusal.
I knew he had a good chance of getting PR, so I decided to help him with all the forms as per the prevailing rules and sent the same within no time (in Aug'10).
(He was so thankful, coz he had paid somewhere else but was getting the job done at my residence!)
On 20th Nov (the day before), he was at my door with a box of sweets.
He had received his passports with Visas stamped on them!!
I could read a big 'Thanks' on his face,, and I was so happy as if I had got the visas.
Sweets had never tasted sooo sweet before!!!!!
May GOD bless you all with visas very soon!!