[al_ghazal]

Thanks for sharing this and there's Definately a lot to be said for a well prepared and organised application. in sayng that was your application processed by the DIBP office in Malaysia? They seem to be gelling through them quite quickly and I don't necessarily think it's anything to do with a particularly strong application it's just a result of the staffing resources. just saying this so that people that submit a well prepared and organised application don't get their expectations too high. if it's processed in Australia it's still likely to take a long time purely because of the resourcing issues (all Australian government agencies have had strict caps on the number of staff they can hire for a few years now).