MMST FMT Email after 5 months

[vahidfar]

Hi all,

I submitted and paid for my naturalisation application on 19th of July 2020 and received a confirmation email on 14th of August.
I also attended biometric appointment early September and since then it has been radio silence until 30th of December that I received an email from MMST FMT as follows:

'We aim to process all applications within 6 months from the date submitted. However, in certain circumstances this target is not possible.
This is because it is taking longer than usual to process applications because of coronavirus (COVID-19). This will not affect the decision.
We expect to make a decision on your application as soon as possible, but we will write to you again if this is not going to be possible."

Has anyone else received an email like this and does this mean that a caseworker just started looking into my application around the date of 30th of December?

Also now that it's over 6 months of my submission, is it worth chasing them or should I just wait?

Many thanks

[Qasimhb1]

Same here.
Application submitted on 8th August, 2020 and got email about Covid delay on 13th Jan..???
More than 6 months now...

[vahidfar]

I finally got my decision on Jan 26 which was a successful one

[bizman]

Congratulations