DLA WAIT TIMES THREAD 83

[MyLifeHasChanged]

Hi all

Made a new thread for those of you who need to discuss wait times and ask questions!
Please post your scan dates etc

NC = New Claim
MR = Mandatory Reconsideration
SC = Scan Date

Im waiting on outcome of my DD's renewal due 29/09/2026

I’m really glad for it all to be over 🥲 I’ve had anxiety since about 7 weeks of waiting as I’d figured that was the average, I tried ringing Friday afternoon too but couldn’t get through so that made it worse, then to be told there was a decision but the first man couldn’t tell me😵‍💫 I went straight over the edge of anxiety the poor lady on the phone bless her heart she sounded relived that she’d told me😂 I’m just glad the waiting game is over, fingers crossed and good luck to everyone this week and forever more, don’t let the anxiety talk you into thinking it’s been declined, sometimes it’s a lot better than what you’d think🤍

I’m so happy for you xx

Bless you I’d be exactly the same. I’ve been driving myself mad with both of mine, the anxiety is awful. I’m so pleased for you, and that you’ve got a great outcome 💕xx

Aww congratulations 🎉 🎉 🎉

Aww congratulations

Woooo! Congratulations - happy for you and your family! 🎉

I've seen so many declines on Facebook today😫🙈 the anxiety is raging, I thought this week I would hear but doesn't seem to have reached in the early 20s yet. Happy for all those getting positive outcomes 🎉🎉

Thank you so much everyone! Feel like everyone’s dealt with my whining and last minute phone calls for weeks now, glad it’s done! Good luck to everyone else xxx

I’m 22nd & not sure how much longer I can wait 😩😩😩

It's awful, I really thought it would be this week but doesn't look like it. I haven't seen many 18ths 19ths 20ths etc 😫😫

18th/19th was at the weekend so I’ve told myself they don’t count 😂

🤣🤣 I'm going to do the same

Morning, good luck to everyone today hope there is some good news given today.

I have seen a decision on Facebook for 27th July😫 I have seen a couple dotted about in the last couple of weeks for the end of July.

I'm debating to call or not! Xx

i think there’s a few creeping in now, I’d be tempted to call too xx

Yeah - I might call around 12.30 - 1pm 🤞🏻🤞🏻

I just caved and called again, got through to a super nice woman. She seemed shocked I’d not had a decision yet, and kept saying ‘wow this is an old one’ eventually she realised it hadn’t been registered to the system, I’m not sure what that means?

Does anyone else know what that means?

She’s manually registered it and it’s gone to the top of the list for a case manager and she’s told me to call back on Friday.

I’m not even sure how this has happened. They’ve had the form since July 10th and scanned it in July 14th.

Hello, same as me. I called up and they manually registered it for me, they will register it under your scan date. It’s been with a decision maker for 2 weeks now so hoping I will hear from them soon.

I asked on Facebook and it seems a few people in this scan date didn’t have it properly registered! I’m the 13th and no update yet but will let you know if I hear anything.

I had this with mine scanned 30/7 but wasn’t registered until 2/9 then I had a birth certificate request.
So when you sent the forms it’s scanned into system 1, a caseworker has to fully register it into system 2 before it can go into the queue for decision. It’s when it’s registered you get sent the confirmation letter and they request anything further I.e birth certificate as they do ID checks etc xx

@Friends94 when was your scan date? They said mine was the 28th July but still waiting to hear anything back.

Mines the 23rd of July - called last week and said it was still in a queue. But over the last couple of weeks I have seen quite a few end of July ones been done. Tempted to call and see where it's at. Xx

@Friends94 Yeah when I called mine was still waiting to be picked up by the decision maker. I think I’m going to call today and just see I don’t doubt for one minute that I’ll get the same answer today but it’s worth the try lol x

Yeah🤣 I'm expecting the same answer tbh, I really thought this week would be into the early 20s mid 20s but doesn't seem like it x

How strange, I wonder how that’s happened. When I originally called up on beginning of August to get my scan date. They told me it hadn’t been registered so they’d need to manually do it, so I cannot understand how it’s still not done. And I’ve called twice since then. It’s pretty poor no one has picked up on this.

They told me they’ve put me down for a call back when a decision has been made but also told me to call Friday.

They have the birth certificate as I sent a copy off with the evidence and they accepted it. So hopefully that makes things quicker!

I wonder if this is why I never got a text or letter? Despite them telling me it was manually registered and a letter had been generated in Aug 3rd.

I mean evidently it wasn't manually registered at all.

I’m kind of frustrated at the whole ordeal now.

I did get a text but not letter. My scan date is the 13th and I called on the July 30th to confirm it was all okay and they said it needed to be registered, I assumed that would mean they did it but nope. It was registered on the 7th of September so it means it was just ignored for weeks which sounds like what has happened with you!

I would call back on Friday and then if no progress ask for an escalation as to why it has been so delayed etc but hopefully you won’t need to do that and you get told asap!