gibbosl

Hey guys, Basically I applied for my second working holiday visa on 09 Sept 2016 in the UK, which included an upload of my bank statements covering the total period that I undertook my specified regional work. I received an acknowledgement from the department the following day. I had already a flight booked onwards from my travels in the philippines for the 21 Oct 2016 to Sydney leaving at the end of October but by the middle of the month I still had heard nothing from the department and began to worry. I uploaded the details of my outgoing flight and 48 hours later recived a request to provide more information. After that I decided to fly home and locate my tax refund forms, some payslips and group certificates so i uploaded those and resubmitted on November 01 2016 and I've now been waiting 5 weeks and had zero response from the department. I'm concerned because I havent had an acknowledgement letter since resubmitting, am i suppose to receive one? And now I feel like my life is on hold waiting for this decision, my whole family are flying out to Australia to celebrate Christmas and new year over there and i feel like at this rate I'll have to be alone for the holidays!! In one week i'll have been waiting for 3 whole months since the initial application was submitted!! I have no criminal records or any dependants or special circumstances. - wondering if anyone is experiencing or has experienced what I'm going through right now? - HELP!! How much longer do I have to wait??!