Probate application chase

GaryBC

Hi all
Does anyone know if there is an email address or an online form for checking the status of a probate application please?
Thanks, 
Gary 

shiraz99

https://www.apply-for-probate.service.gov.uk/contact-us

There's also a webchat facility.

How long have you been waiting?

GaryBC

Thanks for that. 
How long depends on where I count from!
28th March I paid for the application on the phone - 14 weeks.
8th April the forms arrived (signed for). 
6th May I got formal notification the forms had arrived together with "it'll be up to 8 weeks". 
Too long, is the answer! 

msb1234

From the point at which I had the acknowledgement email saying they’d received the application (almost 2 weeks earlier) to the email approving the probate was about 6 weeks. Id give it a couple more weeks before trying to chase it up. You'll just spend/waste hours trying to get through just to be told that its being processed. Save yourself the stress.
are you waiting for probate for a specific reason? I’ve come to realise that if I assume everyone is working at a less-than-snail’s pace with regards to sorting out a bereaved person’s estate, I wont be disappointed!

GaryBC

Thanks msb, it's good to hear a 'real life' experience rather than official estimates!
Specific reason? Yes, we need to go ten rounds with a bank and they're sticking their fingers in their ears and humming until we get probate! 

msb1234

It’s not Lloyds bank by any chance is it’s?

GaryBC

Bank of Scotland 

Bfh

Has anyone had a reply to an email asking for an update on their application?
The whole process is so stressful and there seems to be no way of finding out what’s going on.
I tried the chat function earlier In the process and didn’t find that very helpful either.

GaryBC

I tried the email today. 
I'll give them a couple of days before I try phoning. 

Bfh

I called a few weeks back; took 40 minutes to get through. Was told they’d email HMRC to chase the form they were waiting for. Asked if this meant another 8 weeks wait I was told no, normally a few days more.
This was about 3 weeks ago.
I now feel tempted to email every day until I get an answer, but don’t want to annoy them into deliberately making me wait longer!

GaryBC

You'd like to think they're not that spiteful!