I've chased them up - they have confirmed they have received the application (but for some reason date is different from Royal Mail tracking), but cannot provide an estimate as to when fee will be taken / application formally acknowledged.

I am waiting since 19 December (HO received application on 21 December) - payment not taken, acknowledgment still not issued.

romado wrote: ↑

Mon Jan 14, 2019 2:04 pm

Patience! I applied on 22 Nov, fee was taken only today.

That’s some backlog indeed!

Hi All i submitted my application on 13th DEC via NCS service Ealing council and today its been almost a month now i have not received any Acknowledgment or no fee has been deducted as yet. royal mail tracking details shows the package was received by home office on 14th Dec 2018 is this normal or ...