I lost my hope about the first one in June 2021 and I was checking it every day with no updates.I saw others from this thread who applied last June 2021 and they already got their visas.
you should have an application number for the 2nd one. Did you apply through GCkey?
I applied my second one as most people in this thread do. I hope it will be faster in processing.
I just received a confirmation email with the application number.