Well, here I am still in the waiting room. My timelines are well known already so I won't post them again.
In one of my previous post I said I spoke to real nice gentleman at (RSD) a week ago this past Monday & he said my app hasn't been entered yet but everything looks good to call back late the following week which would be today. So I called today & after a few minutes waiting for my turn a REALLY NICE gentleman (Daniel) took my call like a professional & should be, (as I was too) he looked into my supporting doc's & followed up with "I apologize it's been taken 6-7-8 weeks to even enter the apps due to all the new laws that have taken place starting on Jan 1, & the amount of APPLICATES applying" & then said he was going to let his supervisor know (send supvsr email) about mine & asked me if I would like to be contacted for a follow up call to let me know when I should be expecting LTC & I said sure,, he said his supervisor would be calling me either Monday or Tuesday to let me know when I should be expecting my LTC.
I truly believe this gentleman, you could tell he was concerned & took his job serious (top pro) I forgot to mention,, I told him in the beginning that I knew someone that applied AFTER I did & he already received his LTC & that I applied well before him back in early to mid December.
So, just don't sit & not call like I WAS going to do, it is very clear that some just get overlooked & the process don't even get started. But with professionals help like Daniel I know it will come a little sooner than if I'd not called.
Hope this helps.. Will keep posted.

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