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Hi All I have been reading this thread for a couple of months and just wanted to share my experience. My husband and I moved in to Australia (Melbourne) two years ago. We came with Student Visa, I am the main applicant and my husband is dependant. The following is our timeline for our Permanent Residence request. 261313 Software Engineer (Visa 189) EOI lodged with 60 points: 27-Oct-2015 Invitation to apply: 03-Feb-2016 Documents uploaded on ImmiAccount: 08-Feb-2016 Health Examinations: 11-Feb-2016 Health clearance provided: 12-Feb-2016 Additional info requested: 26-Feb-2016 (Form 80 for both of us plus prove of Functional English of my husband or compromise to pay second instalment) Additional info submitted: 28-Feb-2016 Change of status to Assessing: 29-Feb-2016 Request to pay second instalment: 23-Mar-2016 (AU$ 4,885) Visa granted: 24-Mar-2016 :wink::jiggy: Others: ACS skills assessment request: 22-Sep-2015 ACS skills assessment response: 02-Oct-2015 IELTS test: 28-Feb-2015 (R:8.5, L:7.5, W:7.0, S:7.0) We are very happy!!! Hope this information helps to anyone still waiting. Good luck and congrats to everybody who already got their visas. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They’re there to stop the other people.” ― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture