I found out about this email address yesterday afternoon, less than 24 hours later I have my daughter’s passport in my hand (we’re traveling next week). I applied on the 3rd march, they said I needed to send extra documents which I sent straight away and had been waiting 4 weeks for them to be acknowledged. The upgrade team called first thing this morning and the woman on the phone said they’d should never have requested the extra documents as what we sent were enough. So she waived the fee and told me I could collect today from the Liverpool office. Very glad i saw this thread as otherwise I’d probably still be waiting! There is hope – good luck everyone!