Hello guys;
I hope that other people hear back soon.
I emailed on the 12th of April, had an email on next day asking to confirm my evidence of travel, and then on Saturday 16/04/22 had a phone call to pay my extra top up to fast track (£95.50). Within a few hours so got a text to say my application had been approved and I was told my passport would be dispatched today (19/04/22).
Due to travel a week today 26/04/22. This is the Belfast upgrade team. My initially application was sent to Bootle on the 19/03/22 and then it was transferred to Belfast before I applied to upgrade.