Here's my timeline:
Nomination lodged - 14/11/2013
Visa Application lodged - 14/11/2013
Nomination & Visa approved - 17/01/2014
Office of submission – Perth
ApprovingCO based in Perth
No contactfrom case officer prior to approval. Nomination and visa were approved a fewhours apart on the same day. Total time a little over 8 weeks.
Key tip: Frontload everything, don’t have them ask you for anything. Have police checks,birth certs, medicals all done before application date. Try and be involvedwith the nomination paperwork for your company as well if they let you. It’s inyour best interest that this is all in order.
Hope thishelps...good luck to everyone waiting! Such a weight off the shoulders when itcomes through.