i had biometrics taken on 21st July 2023 so still within 6 months period i understand. However i started feeling anxious because almost every new approval was from august applicants and even started seeing approvals for September applicants , even saw someone receiving reply from furthernationality with approval within couple of days even though they applied in September, which seems like HO skipped July for some reason.
I emailed Furthernationality in October and no response, so i emailed again yesterday and this time managed to get a reply
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So yes there seems to be an IT issue and not an issue of how they are dealing with applications. To me it seems like everyone who paid the new fee is getting response sooner than the previous ones.
The purpose of this post was to update everyone pre august and i understand we are all on the same boat here, so hopefully this will give you guys some clarification.