When Am I Going?

To answer the most frequently asked question, I still don't know when I'm going - I still don't know anything about my visa. While those applying for H1-B visas generally get a 24 hour turnaround, I applied for a new type of visa made just for Australians - at the time I applied, the procedure for application wasn't yet finalised, so I was told that I might have to wait anywhere from a few days to a couple of weeks.

A bit of poking around a few days ago revealed that other Australian Google employees who applied after me had two-week turnarounds, and as I'm now up to three and a half weeks I'm presuming that *something* is amiss (enquiries are being made). Since I got the job sometime in April and had expected to have left by the end of September, this extra waiting is excruciating. Further, the removalists require two week's notice, so even if my visa is granted tomorrow, I won't be leaving until November.

And in answer to the usual follow-up question, I'm spending my days working on my final Masters project. Though that's being hampered by a recent turn of sleeping terribly, as I tend to stay awake until the morning California time (~4am AEST) to see if the immigration lawyers have heard anything (they've been ever-so nice), and then I spend all day Australian time checking my physical mailbox.

I just want to get over there and start working.