I applied on 17th September.
HMPO payment on 12/Oct
Email history:
30/10 - 07:00 pm sent email
31/10 - reply received: “All naturalization application will take six months (no logo, no dept.)” Bla bla
05/11 - 08:00 am - sent email
05/11 - Afternoon reply received: “It will take a while longer for your application to be considered” Bla bla
09/11 - 08:00 am sent email
09/11 - Afternoon reply received: “It will take a while longer for your application to be considered” Bla bla
(MIND Oct. approvals have already started to come to the applicants now)
Since my HMPO payment is already gone through, I think caseworker picked my case and then left for long annual leave