Hi, been watching this thread for a while and always liked to read good news, so thought I would share mine:
Marketing Specialist, Direct Entry. Low risk country, family of 5.
Nomination application submitted: 18/8/2017
Visa application submitted: 14/2/2018 (other half made redundant so couldn’t wait any longer for nomination to be approved, decided to risk the $10k fee - eek!)
Nomination approved: 20/7/2018 and medicals requested
Medicals carried out: 24/7/2018
Application moved to ‘Further Assessment’: 2/8/2018
Visa granted: 20/8/2018
I logged in at 11am this morning and last update was still 2nd August, got the golden email at 12.42pm!
So nomination took 11 months and visa approved a month later. My actual visa processing time was only 6 months, so it looks like the clock started with the nomination submission.
Feeling massively relieved and very very happy.
Good luck to everyone else.
:)