Processing stalled for applications made after 29th December?

[rj2002cc (RJ)]

Welcome to the forum Tim.

You might want to start by catching up on some of the existing posts on this situation. Here’s one:

Awaiting Pre-Approval (Stage 2)

I don’t know which city you’re in, but this trend is WW. The third party vendors don’t have enough staff. I would keep trying as TLS/BLS or whichever third party is operating the visa services do drop new appointments at set times, including cancellations. It’s a matter of luck getting one when you need it.