the long wait is over. Lodged our visa today:
26 December 2011 - Visa Lodged (Visa Sub-Class 176)
17 December 2011 - fiancee passed the IELTS
03 December 2011 - fiancee's IELTS exam (take 1)
18 November 2011 - Victoria State Sponsorship Granted (Melbourne or Geelong)
11 November 2011 - WA State Sponsorship Granted (Perth)
07 November 2011 - Applied for WA State Sponsorship (i thought i will not get Victoria SS that's why)
26 October 2011 - Applied for Victoria State Sponsorship
21 October 2011 - Got message from EA for positive skills assessment
14 October 2011 - EA skills assessed - level 1
06 June 2011 - Submitted documents to EA for Skills Assessment
29 April 2011 - Positive IELTS Result! (L-8, R-7.5, W-8 & S-7.5, OBS-8)
16 April 2011 - sat the IELTS (take 1 & so nervous!!!!)
March - learnt about the process by just reading and decided to take the risk.