When they do start working on it, it will go quickly.
You're just not up to the front of the line, yet. Don't panic about there being nothing done yet, that's how it works.
Imagine standing in line at the grocery store. No one checks out the groceries while you're in line. But you'll get up to the cashier eventually and then wham! They'll check everything and you'll be done.
I don't expect to hear anything until August. That's ten months from October. If I hear something before that, I'll be happy.
But nothing I do can hurry the process. The line moves at its pace and that's it - frustrating, but there it is.