I applied in May 22 and just did my ceremony last month. Completed vetting for the first time in Oct 23, again in summer 24 because they'd let the first one expire. They promised in the email to then proceed 'as a priority' then went dark for months again. When the following Oct rolled round and I ...

I have a 30 month old paper application which is not showing up in the portal at all. Have sent them a query which they have also failed to respond to, and an FOI which will be out of time in 4 days.

Should I be worried they've lost my application entirely?

The issue for me, and I guess plenty of other people, is the new scorecard suddenly invalidates lots of the evidence that we have spent years collecting. I've got 3 years' worth of electricity, internet, and waste bills. Suddenly the latter two don't count. My folks were specifically asked for ...