Just got portal email!
AOR: 28th Sept
UCI/Biometrics: Didn't have to give/reused from previous WP
MEP: 3rd Nov
Portal Email: 10th Dec
Thanks to that one nice person whose AOR was super close to mine and posted a while back about his portal email.
That made me check my emails too.
Interestingly, they emailed me on the ID which I had used to file my WP and visa stamping. Anyway, have replied to them now.
Hoping to get the PR card asap as I need to travel urgently. That's going to be the safest and easiest way to re-enter, haven't seen family in over five years :|