Congrats Petina,
Been following your thread for sometime and have just joined forum today.
I lodged my application for 173 in June 2013, PVC requested my police checks and passports to be sent March 2015, which I did. To date I'll still waiting for a request for the 2nd VAC payment. Do you think the PVC process 143 quicker than 173 applications. As a lot of people have said in this forum, getting in touch with PVC Perth is impossible, (any ideas).