AV, I saw that you and DL2000 got your visa approval email today. Congrats!!
If you see this post, could you keep us on the forum updated on how your ToR application shakes out?
My wife and I applied for our ToR this week, but now I think I messed up by saying we're not importing pets or animals, when in fact we're planning to fly our labradoodle over. I'm thinking we'll have to check with HMR&C to see if we need to amend our ToR or file a new one just for the dog.
Well, not approval. Decision email. We find out on Monday. :-O Still, we're thrilled to have some progress.
You do NOT include pets on your ToR unless you're shipping your animals along with your boxes. Since it's a 5-7 week trip, I hope not!!
Pets, if they fly with you on the plane or in cargo hold, have separate paperwork. And really really complicated stuff, so be careful. You do, indeed, basically file a separate one for your dog but it's along with 50 thousand other papers.
We are on week three with still no ToR number in sight. Sigh!!!! You should call the UK customs number to make sure they've received it, as they don't give you any auto-generated reply. They claimed that my email didn't go through. Since it's around a 4 week wait, that's a LOT of time wasted if they never got your email.