We spent 2 months waiting only for our applications to be returned at the officers' error. Not ours. If we really did make a mistake somewhere, forget a signature, missed something in a form, then yes, I would take responsibility and reapply and accept yet another 2 month wait. This, however, was no fault of ours. We did include everything in the initial application and it is not our fault that the officers somehow missed the paperwork.
My husband has sent back the application with a letter explaining that everything was in place to begin with, also with a request that they process our applications as if they had been received on Jan 17th, as they had been in the first place. I know it's kind of unfair on the others, but it's also unfair on us that we now have to 'pay' for the mistake made by the officer.