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Hi! I have been reading this forum for the pas few weeks now, and must say that it's always good to learn about somebody else's timeline, just to have something to compare to... My situation: Arrived NSW on Occupational Trainee Visa sponsored by a university in Feb. 2010 Received 457 Visa in Sept. 2010 Applied for 186 ENS on 22 of June 2013, in Parramatta, through Fragomen as decision ready. No case officer assigned as of yet, so the waiting begins... Now, I'm particularly anxious as I am currently working for a University and they offered me a 3 year contract in Oct. 2012. Due to some personnel things it took a long time to get all the documentation sorted and we were only able to submit in June 2013. After Oct. 2013 my contract will not have the required 2 years left (as it was a 3 yr contract from Oct. 2012), so we are hoping for a (very) fast processing time... My employer did provide a statement that I would be up for continuing in my current position, but not sure if that would suffice... It's good to see that processing times seem to have picked up a little, although due to rules having changed this July again I suspect there was a big influx of applications again, thereby possibly slowing down processing times. Hope everybody here will have their golden email quickly! Good luck, and will keep you posted.