applied on :8/8/13
AOR received on: 24/8/13
Med check done:27/6/13
File transfer: 5/9/2013
interview: no need
Passport requested on: 21/11/2013
visa issued: 20/2/2014
landed in mid Jun 2014.
I gor AOR1 at the beginning of March, and got SA around the same time. Then no more AOR2. I heard that AOR2 is not MUST depends on which officer handles the case.