Hey mate!
Thanks for letting us know your situation. We're more than happy to wait for you to get back, it wont have any effect on your application.
As long as we have an idea of the time-line involved it lets us know where we stand.
And yeah - thanks for giving us the update mate, we appreciate the courtesy of keeping us in the loop.
Hope you have a good time over seas and all the studying pays off
Cheers mate,
Lylow