I just got my pr last week! Its been a very long process. It took me 1 year and 1 month. Good luck to everyone. I m not sure if the new changes affect 186/187 or only 457.
Timeline. 10/3/2016 nomination and visa
24/1/2017 open file. New passports requested, svac and a document for nomination ( don't know what).
3/2017 nomination approved
10/4/2017 visa approved
Massage therapist.
At the end I had to follow up with immi if they received the new passports as MA hadn't uploaded my husbands. So I called them a few times Thursday and Friday to check and Monday I called them again to say that they had everything and they granted pr.