So sorry to hear that
@Micky345 !
I am sure you will soon get the score you need. Just keep the faith, keep practising and sit for a re-test when you're ready. As
@Emmemm07 says, you should not lose hope.
I just received my re-mark results as well, and God willing, there was an improvement in my writing band from 6.5 to 7.
I am now recording the specifics for others to benchmark against:
Sat for IELTS on: 10Feb18
Centre: British Council, Mauritius
Results submitted for reval (Writing Only): 24Feb18
EoR letter received: 13Mar18
Letter contents: Increase in writing score from 6.5 to 7
Score now (R/L/S/W): 9/8.5/8/7 (overall:8)
Lessons learnt during the process: The BC exams team and the BC customer service desk are sometimes working at cross purposes. The BC customer service representative informed me it takes a week for the results to received at BC London via post, while the BC exams team told me the very next day that the results have been scanned over, as such sensitive documents (from the exam takers perspective) are no longer being sent by post. This helps to really trim timelines for the process, and allows us, as candidates, to keep track of time. I would suggest that we avoid falling into this unnecessary trap of customer service speak to explain away the logic for delays and lags at their end, and liaise directly with the BC exams team at the local BC centre. It worked wonders for me!
Best of luck to all the others who have applied for a reval! Hope you get the scores you need after the EoR