Hey all,
I have not wrote before but have been following.
I submitted application on March 2nd 2017 and today have received a grant email for a 309. That's less than 7 weeks!
Have been with partner 2 years and front loaded absolutely everything including medicals, police checks for us both and forms 80 and 1221 (weren't sure if these were required but didn't want anything at all to hold us up)
Since my application i have not heard from immigration or even been assigned a case officer so obviously was super shocked to see that email!
Definitely worth front loading as much as possible.
Good luck all!