...and it worked! After I called them earlier I finally got my cheque last Thursday. So, all in all, it took about 2 weeks after I called them. Thanks everyone for their comments. Good luck.

Following on Mallik's advice I called that number about 5-6 times, holding for about 5 minutes each time, throughout all day yesterday and finally today got through. They tell me they will investigate what happened to my payment as it may've been lost on the postal strike or something like that. The...

There's some people over on the "ILR Processing Timelines 2009" thread that report having received their cheques just days after receiving their ILR by post. However, they all seem to have applied around September/October time. It may be that UKBA has put extra mapower on this and hence ar...