I’ve been scouring these threads for weeks now, and getting increasingly anxious. From what I have seen, some people have been successful going to their local or closest passport office. I suppose if your documents are logged as having been received then they’re in the system and can be accessed. Im in Belfast, my daughter’s forms are in Bootle and there’s no way I can travel to Bootle’s office so I’d asked similar questions earlier. If they go by expediting after 10 weeks once documents have been received then I have another 10 days or so to wait, application was submitted on 27th April, documents received 4th May. Also waiting here for an Irish passport as we can have dual nationality here – forms and documents sent also on 27th April but documents not officially received until 24th May so I have to wait until they’ve had them for 8 weeks before they’ll consider expediting but there are no guarantees either. I hope you get sorted, keep us posted!