Hi Everyone, long time lurker, but I thought I'd add my timeline as I am a slightly unusual case and may help others( we didn't submit the employer nomination and the visa application at the same time, we waited to do the application after the nomination had been approved). All my police checks etc were submitted at the same time as the application.
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457 applied 01/07/2015
457 granted 17/07/2015
Entered country 06/08/2015
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Occupation: Sales Representative (Industrial Products)
State : VIC
Birth country : Low Risk
Stream: TNT
Number of applicants: 1
186 Nomination ONLY submitted approx August 2018 (dates unknown - I wasn't told)
186 Nomination granted approx late April 2019
186 application submitted 22/06/2019
HAPID allocated 08/07/2019
Medical attended 25/07/2019
186 awarded 30/08/2019
Looking at that written down it doesn't look like very long at all, but I can confidently say that this has been the longest and most stressful year of my life and I empathise with all of you that are still waiting.
Good luck!
