There were some members who got their PR faster ( 2 months time ) having some occupations different from regular like retail manager or cook etc. They were in welfare or something. Look through this thread several pages back.
Immi split foreign countries in High Risk countries ( Asia, SE Europe etc ) and Low Risk countries ( UK, W Europe etc ). My understanding is that for HR countries there are some extra checks ( pcc, referal letters, current employment verification etc ). I don't know if this is still applicable but again, just a few months back there were some obvious cases of advantages of faster process.
Oh, don't know how to fill the time till outcome. Thanks to forum and this thread for sharing our suffer :notworthy: