Thanks. I just went to immigration to get a new 90 day receipt and new TM6.
One immigration officer told me I didn’t need a TM6 and another said I do because I entered before they stopped issuing them.
Fortunately, I persisted and one eventually confronted the other and I got my new TM6 on the spot. I even got a sincere apology from the first immigration officer, so that was a nice surprise.
As for the 90 day report receipt, they just did a new report for me since it was nearly due anyway.
Both my friends were approved in under a month. They said following up may have sped up the process, so a quick email after some weeks might do you some good.
Interesting. I applied before they announced this and I'm still waiting for approval (should be any day now). Do you think I'd still qualify? I suppose I just need to ask them.