How accurate is Royal Mail special delivery service?

[bullet_dodger]

Hi guys ... finally i got my ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER today !!! dated : 27th OCT 2010.... That was the day they received my application.... now its a fingers crossed wait for the result of application...

ANY IDEA HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE NOW??? its already been more than 2 weeks

[therock]

Hi guys ... finally i got my ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LETTER today !!! dated : 27th OCT 2010.... That was the day they received my application.... now its a fingers crossed wait for the result of application...

ANY IDEA HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE NOW??? its already been more than 2 weeks

Congrats on the letter, and be patient, there are guys who are waiting for more than 4 weeks, HO is quite busy these days, good luck

[ichbalanke]

Hi,

I sent my application along with my wife's on Sat 13 Nov and got the special delivery next day service (that means Mon <1pm). It's Tuesday and the tracking page still says: "Your item with reference ZW*******GB has reached its PO Box and is awaiting collection/delivery. "

I came here to find some reassurance and I guess I found a way to get some, at least, by checking if the postal orders have been cashed. All the stories poured here end the same way: their apps were received (or collected from the PO box) 1 or 2 days later and the Post Office service keeping saying the same, but no applications lost at all. Hopefully my story won't be different :-/ I'll post my time lines once I got more info.

Thank you to those who take the time to answer!