Lost BRP/Waiting for SIngle entry Replacement.

[Danielmac]

Hi everyone, thank you in andvance to anyone with info or help!

So I am Australian citezen who last year aquired a Tier 5 Youth Mobility Visa. The last few motnhs I did some travelling in Europe and while on a train in Hungary and had my wallet stolen which contained my BRP and bak cards and so on.

So I went online and went through the process of reporting my BRP missing, applying for a Single use Replacement BRP ect.
On the 11th of September 2018 I had my appointment and sent my application and passport along with all other supporting documents (police report, reciept, ect.) to Home office so they could approve or deny my application.

I am now playing the waiting game, I have read that it can take up to 8 weeks, or as little as 15 days to have the application finalsed and, if succesful, recieve the Replacemnt BRP. My issue is that because I am not an EU Citizen, therefore I am bound by Schengen law and am only allowed to stay in the Schengen Zone for up to 90 days within a 180 day period. I have an estimated 13 days remaining on my allowed time in Schengen Zone. As stated earlier I no longer have my passport as it was sent to Home Office for my application so I cannot move to a none Schengen country.

So I guess I am panicking a little and would love to hear about other experinces on how long this applicaion and its answer took for others, and if anyone has advice for me that would b great too.

Thanks