Still nothing ... now 16 weeks since receipt email ... called call centre again and they said all they can do is escalate my case again, but despite last escalation stating that someone should contact me within 15 working days, it's about 19 working days now and nobody has contacted me ... checked tracking number on UPS, no changes since Feb, checked Visa4UK page and actually now status says "In Active" ... guessing because my expected date of travel was June 20? Good thing I saved the application PDF because I can't open it on the Visa4UK page anymore ... Leaving for NYC in about 10 days to take the exam, was hoping passport would be back by now at least, so we could just fly to France after right after, but nope, looks like we have to either fly back to Texas WITH both our dogs only to have to fly back to NYC again once my passport arrives, or just pay to stay in NYC until my passport arrives *siiiigh* this is awful ... 40 days left until our wedding ceremony in England, so much wedding preparation left to do, poor mum-in-law has had to do everything ... may end up missing the tastings and whatnot ... this is torturous ... emailed the MP, wrote a complaint (no contact at all in 16 weeks?) ... sorry to keep whining here everybody ... thankful for everyone here.
Congratulations to everyone who received happy news back~~