Hi everyone,
Just wanted to share my case:
Occupation: Biotechnologist (assessed my PhD as three years of work experience)
Country: HR
Stream: 186 Direct Entry
Number of applicants: 3
Nomination and visa applied: 27 Feb 2018
IMMI status: Finalised (Nomination granted on 26 Jan 2019, the visa application status was changed to Initial assessment and they asked for evidence of functional English for my partner, we provided her Australian PhD degree, Visa granted today 12 March 2019)
All the best
M.