Sometimes the proverbial patience of Job is required in dealing with bureaucracy. Such an effort and expense for a 5 min interview. I hope you satisfied them.
Suggest you fly as plan on
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and enter the Kingdom on a visa exempt permit.
Do a border run to activate your DTV when it is issued.
Interesting. My studio photo was deemed unacceptable. Too much noise and not focused, so I was informed. I was given an opportunity to submit another, fortunately.
what I would suggest to you that the embassy/consulate does not follow a manual. It very much depends on whims of which ever MFA officer picks up your application.
I was giving my experience; nothing more. We all know Canberra isn’t Sydney. It’s not a competition. It’s to provide info so folks have a better chance of success in their applications.