Hi Belle
Sorry its been so long for me to reply, but I just stumbled upon your post today and I'm sure I was a member of this forum while I was doing IVF years back, but havent really been keeping up with it since we decided to stop IVF.

My husband and I are in VIC and are adopting from Thailand. We started our LONG journey late last year with our Information Session and it took at just over year before we were approved. Now we have to wait for next years Quota before we can send our file to Thailand.

I was surprised to hear about the problems you're having, and that there is a long waiting list. Well, maybe I shouldnt be surprised. When we went to the info session there were 200 people there, but we sent in our EOI straight away and we received paperwork (LOTS of Paperwork) about a month later.

If I've learned anything, its to be paitient. I cant believe how long it takes for anything to be done. Most of the people who work there work part time, and I dont know why, if they're so busy....

Anyway, I dont have any words of wisdom, just wanted to let you know you can ask anything, but I cant really help you with the long waiting list you speak of. I'd suggest just keep on ringing.