Is an application still valid if submitted late due to a delay from the CoS allocation by the UKBA?

[Knight89]

Hello guys, I could really use your expertise here.

I made a routine application to extend my existing Tier 2, but was rejected on 5th December 2017 (signed from Royal mail on the 8th December ) based in insufficient wages. The sponsors increased my wage to the right amount and applied for a new CoS allocation on the 15th December 2017, which was finally approved by UKBA on the 3rd January 2018. I made the fresh online application (with new CoS) immediately on the 4th January, with extensive notes in the application form (as well as a cover letter) explaining why I couldn't make the application within 14 days of the refusal letter - basically due to the delay from the UKBA in issuing a new CoS.

I am still waiting for a decision but just wondering : is there anything else I could be doing / should have done better ? Or has anyone else been in a similar situation and been granted the visa ?

Might be worth mentioning that I had the option to exercise the right for Admin Review, but was advised as pointless by my sponsors, and they chose to focus on getting the new CoS with the new wage and sending in a new application.

[CR001]

When did your last visa expire?

[Knight89]

My last (Tier 2) visa expired on the 23rd October 2017. I made the first application on the 19th October, 4 days before it expired. So I guess that was an on time application. I got the decision for this first application on the 5th December 2017 (refused). The sponsor requested a new CoS on the 15th December 2017 - which was allocated by UKBA on the 3rd January 2018. I used this new CoS to submit a new application (with the new wage) on the 4th January 2018.