Hey everyone, new here. I am a 26 year old PR & Corporate Communications Executive currently based in Mexico City. I was sponsored by an approved business May 30th and I lodged my pat of the visa on June 16th, so almost two months ago.
I am getting discouraged by the long processing times, but I still have a month to go before the High Risk threshold of 3 months. I received a TRN from my sponsor which I believe means they were already authorised to nominate prospective employees. Along with all the requested information I have also added a letter from my aunt who is a High Commissioner of Australia in South Africa (weird family connections..) stating my good character and stating I have family connections in Australia. The application status is still Received, and I haven't received one single email yet from the DIBP, so I guess I just need to wait.
Luckily I didn't need to present medicals since Mexico is exempt from that and I already had a tourist visa active so my biometrics were already in the system, but I am wondering how much I should wait or expect to receive some kind of news. I was told by another Mexican that he literally received his visa grant one week before 3 months passes, and that his status never changed to Under Assessment so keeping my fingers crossed.
I applied of shore so still in Mexico City for now.