I don't know how this works...

But...

Phelps says "Visa been sent now to play the waiting game"

Why's he only just sent his Visa??

Presumably because the signing only actually happened fairly recently. Not sure about that bit myself but you can't apply for a visa without the employer confirming the job offer through the "certificate of sponsorship", so if the deal wasn't done, FC wouldn't have been able to issue that. Once done, he can apply for the visa

He "tweeted" the day after he signed that he'd sent his application in.

True but he accepted the contract offer 10 days ago. I should have thought he would have been a bit quicker off the mark in getting his application in.

If he'd used an adviser to do it, it might have been

I've probably got the wrong end of the stick but the way i read it was the visa had been issued and he was waiting to recieve it.

Where have you read this i have seen nothing on the net anywhere.

he posted it on his twitter feed this am

Looks like he's only just been able to do his biometrics and submit the documents. A lot of the delay will be due to getting an appointment for biometric capture.

Quote: " @phelpsy6 Cameron Phelps Visa been sent now to play the waiting game. 5 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply '" twitter.com/#!/phelpsy6

Quote: " @phelpsy6 Cameron Phelps Visa been sent now to play the waiting game. 5 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone Favorite Retweet Reply '" twitter.com/#!/phelpsy6

Hope he doesnt have a Willie Mason wait............

well he's been waiting for nearly 5 month.

Longer than that.......

I am sure he will arrive a lot sooner than that, he seems really excited about coming over.

thought mason had to reapply when he got his tongan passport after been turned down when applying via aussie passport ??