I understand it takes time, I called them and they said I’ll be lucky to have it done by mid February so 16 weeks in total the only moan is the Met website states clearly up to 8 weeks on first application...they put it down to back log of applications but I’d rather the website not give a timescale at all, I may come across as impatient but it is annoying
Update... i had my interview and reference done last Tuesday and all seemed good so now wondering on the waiting time to hopefully getting my ticket,,,,,hmmmmm haha