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You're quite welcome swimming. I also just remembered where I got the email address from, it's on the bottom of our acknowledgement of a valid application as well as the bottom of the bridging visa grant letter. Yours is likely there as well.

I sent it Feb 20 to nsw.pse@immi.gov.au The NSW is obviously the state (I was also given the choice to send to vic.pse) pse seems to be the email for the ENS 186 transition scheme.

I was able to create my own Immi account. Needed my passport and other personal details as well as the TRN, and maybe the file number. It was actually pretty simple from the immi website. That said, it didn't really mean anything, the status changed twice, once about two weeks after my application to "Processing" and then "Finalised" when the visa was granted. My company let me know basically as soon as my Immi account did that our visa was approved.

Quick note with a suggestion. My application, at 87 days, was the quickest by a couple of days of the 30 or so I tracked through yesterday, or 2 to 3 weeks shorter than our average and about 40 days shorter than the typical longest of 125 days or so. This is all a bit of black arts, hence tracking and sharing data, but I did something that may have helped. I wrote a short, very polite, email in the hopes of expediting my application. I have no idea if it did so, but I did get it approved prior to the date I requested. Obviously, your situations will be different, but if there's any reasonable request you can make, it may well be worth doing. From contacts, the key is to remain polite and have that sensible reason. Just asking for priority treatment could well backfire on you. Here's a slightly edited version of the email I sent: I'm writing regarding my ENS 186 application. I'm hoping I may be able to expedite the review of my file due to my son's education status and the significantly lower fees if we are granted the 186 visa. My son <redacted>, who is also on the application, was able to achieve an excellent ATAR score which has resulted in acceptance to the University of Melbourne on a Commonwealth supported position. However, as we are currently on a 457 visa, that acceptance has been transferred to an international fee paying position. The difference in fees between Commonwealth supported and International fee paying is quite significant. Approximately $9,000 p.a. compared to approximately $37,000 p.a. I appreciate that the service standard for processing visas is 6-8 months; I have also seen a number of 186 applications approved that were submitted in October or November last year. Those processing time examples give me some hope it may be possible to receive an answer on our application prior to the University's cut-off date for a Commonwealth position. The cut-off date for securing the Commonwealth supported position varies slightly depending on which specific courses he selects, but the earliest is 17 March and the latest about 30 March. Should it be possible to have my file reviewed in the next 3 to 4 weeks it will make a huge difference to <redacted's> University career and our finances. Best regards and thank you for your consideration.

NAMO a new one on me. Good luck with your application.

I had an automated email (I asked for it in my immi account profile) with the change of status. Logged on and saw status changed to "Finalised" and then in the details next to each of the family "Granted". There was a link for "View Grant Letter" but that showed "No Correspondence". A few minutes later I got another auto email saying correspondence had been sent, still nothing on the "View Grant Letter" link. Turns out Immi emailed it to my employer, who forwarded it to me. A day later, the immi account "View Grant Letter" still doesn't have the letter. Not sure it ever will, but, of course, we have it so no drama. If we hadn't got it from my employer, I would have just rung Immi today and asked for it.

Here's the latest, with mine as the most recent ;-) Looking for someone with excel to take it over ... [TABLE=width: 371] [TR] [TD]Submitted[/TD] [TD]Approved[/TD] [TD]Days[/TD] [TD]Weeks[/TD] [TD]Day of Week[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]21-Jun-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]11-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]235[/TD] [TD=align: right]33.6[/TD] [TD]Tuesday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]29-Oct-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]12-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]106[/TD] [TD=align: right]15.1[/TD] [TD]Wednesday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]16-Oct-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]14-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]121[/TD] [TD=align: right]17.3[/TD] [TD]Friday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]01-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]17-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]108[/TD] [TD=align: right]15.4[/TD] [TD]Monday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]20-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]18-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]90[/TD] [TD=align: right]12.9[/TD] [TD]Tuesday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]25-Oct-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]18-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]116[/TD] [TD=align: right]16.6[/TD] [TD]Tuesday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]23-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]19-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]88[/TD] [TD=align: right]12.6[/TD] [TD]Wednesday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]09-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]21-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]104[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.9[/TD] [TD]Friday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]19-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]21-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]94[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.4[/TD] [TD]Friday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]21-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]21-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]92[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.1[/TD] [TD]Friday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]12-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]21-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]101[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.4[/TD] [TD]Friday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]15-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]25-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]102[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.6[/TD] [TD]Tuesday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]21-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]25-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]96[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.7[/TD] [TD]Tuesday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]18-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]26-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]100[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.3[/TD] [TD]Wednesday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]18-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]26-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]100[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.3[/TD] [TD]Wednesday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]25-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]26-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]93[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.3[/TD] [TD]Wednesday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]20-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]27-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]99[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.1[/TD] [TD]Thursday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]22-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]27-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]97[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.9[/TD] [TD]Thursday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]28-Oct-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]28-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]123[/TD] [TD=align: right]17.6[/TD] [TD]Friday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]23-Oct-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]28-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]128[/TD] [TD=align: right]18.3[/TD] [TD]Friday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]22-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]03-Mar-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]101[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.4[/TD] [TD]Monday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]20-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]06-Mar-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]106[/TD] [TD=align: right]15.1[/TD] [TD]Thursday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]03-Dec-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]07-Mar-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]94[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.4[/TD] [TD]Friday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]06-Dec-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]07-Mar-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]91[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.0[/TD] [TD]Friday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]14-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]07-Mar-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]113[/TD] [TD=align: right]16.1[/TD] [TD]Friday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]08-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]10-Mar-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]122[/TD] [TD=align: right]17.4[/TD] [TD]Monday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]28-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]12-Mar-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]104[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.9[/TD] [TD]Wednesday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]05-Dec-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]13-Mar-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]98[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.0[/TD] [TD]Thursday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]16-Dec-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]13-Mar-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]87[/TD] [TD=align: right]12.4[/TD] [TD]Thursday[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]All Average[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right]107[/TD] [TD=align: right]15.3[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Exclude first (outlier?)[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right]103[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.7[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Ours just got approved today! ENS 186 DR, transition stream. Nomination and application submitted 16 Dec Visa Granted 13 Mar 14 87 days. No contact with Immi between submission and grant. Have the grant letter in one hand and a champagne in the other!

We're up to 25 approvals since I started tracking on 11 Feb. Not much new here, still hovering around 108 days. Noticed a slight bias to getting the approval on a Friday (CO's working on a weekly quota?) Monday: 2/25 Tuesday: 5/25 Wednesday: 5/25 Thursday: 3/25 Friday: 10/25 Submitted Approved Days Weeks Day of Week 21-Jun-13 11-Feb-14 235 33.6 Tuesday 29-Oct-13 12-Feb-14 106 15.1 Wednesday 16-Oct-13 14-Feb-14 121 17.3 Friday 01-Nov-13 17-Feb-14 108 15.4 Monday 20-Nov-13 18-Feb-14 90 12.9 Tuesday 25-Oct-13 18-Feb-14 116 16.6 Tuesday 23-Nov-13 19-Feb-14 88 12.6 Wednesday 09-Nov-13 21-Feb-14 104 14.9 Friday 19-Nov-13 21-Feb-14 94 13.4 Friday 21-Nov-13 21-Feb-14 92 13.1 Friday 12-Nov-13 21-Feb-14 101 14.4 Friday 15-Nov-13 25-Feb-14 102 14.6 Tuesday 21-Nov-13 25-Feb-14 96 13.7 Tuesday 18-Nov-13 26-Feb-14 100 14.3 Wednesday 18-Nov-13 26-Feb-14 100 14.3 Wednesday 25-Nov-13 26-Feb-14 93 13.3 Wednesday 20-Nov-13 27-Feb-14 99 14.1 Thursday 22-Nov-13 27-Feb-14 97 13.9 Thursday 28-Oct-13 28-Feb-14 123 17.6 Friday 23-Oct-13 28-Feb-14 128 18.3 Friday 22-Nov-13 03-Mar-14 101 14.4 Monday 20-Nov-13 06-Mar-14 106 15.1 Thursday 03-Dec-13 07-Mar-14 94 13.4 Friday 06-Dec-13 07-Mar-14 91 13.0 Friday 14-Nov-13 07-Mar-14 113 16.1 Friday All Average 108 15 Exclude first (outlier?) 103 14.7

Swimming, office of application is no longer relevant. There is a single national queue.

Congrats Liz and thanks for sharing. First I've seen with a December application.

I heard an interesting bit of news today. Immi is working to hire some retired CO's on contract to help deal with the backlog, my contact expects to be working in the next couple of weeks. The "target" processing time, for a complete "decision ready" file, once a CO is assigned is half a day, or in other words, they are targeting two decisions per CO per day.

Congrats!

[TABLE=width: 272] [TR] [TD]Submitted[/TD] [TD]Approved[/TD] [TD]Days[/TD] [TD]Weeks[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]21-Jun-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]11-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]235[/TD] [TD=align: right]33.6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]29-Oct-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]12-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]106[/TD] [TD=align: right]15.1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]16-Oct-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]14-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]121[/TD] [TD=align: right]17.3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]01-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]17-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]108[/TD] [TD=align: right]15.4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]20-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]18-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]90[/TD] [TD=align: right]12.9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]25-Oct-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]18-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]116[/TD] [TD=align: right]16.6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]23-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]19-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]88[/TD] [TD=align: right]12.6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]09-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]21-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]104[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]19-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]21-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]94[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]21-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]21-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]92[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]12-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]21-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]101[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.4[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]15-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]25-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]102[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]21-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]25-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]96[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.7[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]18-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]26-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]100[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]18-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]26-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]100[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]25-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]26-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]93[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]20-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]27-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]99[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.1[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]22-Nov-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]27-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]97[/TD] [TD=align: right]13.9[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]28-Oct-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]28-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]123[/TD] [TD=align: right]17.6[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=align: right]23-Oct-13[/TD] [TD=align: right]28-Feb-14[/TD] [TD=align: right]128[/TD] [TD=align: right]18.3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]All Average[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right]110[/TD] [TD=align: right]16[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Exclude first (outlier?)[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD=align: right]103[/TD] [TD=align: right]14.7[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

Congratulations and thanks for sharing your timeline.