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I lodged my application for a 186 through the TRT stream a few weeks back. I was advised to lodge it by many agents ASAP as anyone applying through the TRT is not yet affected by the changes. As there is a high volume of applications being lodged the wait time has gone up from 8-9 months to 9-12 months. I was hoping to have the application approved before the changes next year but this doesn't look promising. Hopefully the 'Grandfathering' terms will be favourable to the people who have already applied!

Thanks for your response guys. I have been in contact with a couple of agents and once they get back to me I'll post their response.

Hi everyone. Thanks for the info posted so far its been helpful but also a little unclear especially after reading so many articles online which can be quite contradictory. My situation is little different from yours as my 457 is expiring in Feb 2018 and my employer was in the process of nominating me on a subclass 186 visa under the transitional stream as i've been employed by them for 3 years now. Now the skills list has been updated my job has been removed. I've read a couple articles which state that your nominated position MUST be on the new list when applying for PR. Reading your comments and Jimmynut24 attachment from the DIPB it looks like I can choose an occupation from the consolidated list. Like I said my visa expires Feb 2018 so I would like to submit the 186 application as soon as possible but i don't know if it will be rejected if my job is not on the new MLTSSL / STSOL lists. Appreciate any help...thank you in advance!