I just saw this thread where a one month delay ultimately resulted in approval: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/818081 So it does happen.

Even a simple reply that you are backed up and an acknowledgment that my app is in the queue would be appreciated. They seem to have started doing that recently. However, I'm sure there's a backlog of responding to questions about the backlog. I've read advice on the forums about cancelling and resubmitting, but I've already waited 2 weeks and don't want to go the back of the queue. The status has been "waiting for review" for this period, so I assume you have it and it's in a queue. I've seen many reports of longer waits. I just saw one of the rare questions where the OP followed up with an update. Their review took 1 month but was approved: https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/818081

Maybe people have been reporting very long wait times this year - sometimes delays are multiple weeks.

Can you clarify something? Given a valid UK App Store link to your app, can you click on that and see your app in the store? If so, then your app is in the store. If not, then you'll have to contact Apple Developer support and ask what's going on with it. But if your app is in the store and you can't find it via search, that's a whole different question. The bottom line is that you can't depend on Apple for app discovery. Maybe you could have better keywords, description, or app name - I don't know. But search is a proprietary black box. If you can find your app via search, Apple isn't going to tell you why. You'll either have to make changes via blind guesses or promote your app via other channels.

eight weeks. Apple's published processing time for organization enrollments is two to four weeks That's an estimate, not a guarantee. Apple also estimates 48 hours for App Review and some people wait for weeks. can some please advice how i can get a reply? I've never seen App Review post any kind of individual reply here in the forums. On the very rare occasions they post anything, it will be just a generic comment that the issue has been resolved.

There are many similar reports of delays. Many have been delayed for more than 16 days. There's no reason to think there's any problem with the queued status of your submission.

Could App Review please confirm whether the submission is correctly queued App Review does not respond to such requests in the forums. The delay you're describing is normal. Some people in your situation have been waiting for weeks. Hopefully you won't have to wait that long.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how we get this processed? All you can do is wait. Many people are reporting delays from days to weeks. The entire App Store is a consumer app ecosystem. I assume your talk of "mission critical public safety" is just internet hyperbole. Otherwise, you would be putting yourself at substantial legal and liability risk by distributing such an app through these consumer channels.

Could someone tell me which specific app or apps my submissions are being compared to, or which part of the binary or metadata is triggering this? No. We're just randos on the internet. We don't know anything about your app or other loan apps. Apple isn't going to post any information here in a public forum.

I wonder if anyone else is having it take an unusually long time for an update to an established app to process/review. Yes. The delays started early this year. Originally it was new enrolments, new apps, and rejections. It's still mainly that. But recently I've started seeing the delays hit some established apps.

Has anyone else had a build stay “In Review” for three weeks recently? I’m trying to figure out if this is just an unusually long review or if the submission might be stuck somewhere. It isn't an unusually long review in comparison with the other people who post reports about unusually long review times. People who aren't having long review times obviously aren't complaining about it. Apple is now using AI in some respect with the App Review process. Primarily this impacts new enrolments and people with new apps and multiple rejections. But lately, I've seen a few reports of people with established apps that are suddenly thrust onto the "slow queue". I don't have any other information.

Is anyone else seeing really long review times lately? Certainly all the people who complain about it on this forum. The people who aren't complaining may not be experiencing any problem. Also, is it worth contacting App Review at this point, or does that not really help? What you describe so far is well within the normal review times across the entire existence of the App Store. In today's world of AI-driven delays, it's very good.

Reports of delays are common. Some people complain as soon as they've waited 48 hours and 1 minute. Some people don't complain until after a few months. Generally speaking, it's very unlikely that you would ever get a specific response about your account here in the public forum. Use the official support methods instead. You may not get any response.

Do you known of any specific posts that have been removed? Try searching for them using Google. A while back, the back end for this forum was re-written based on the Apple Support Communities forum software after that had been re-written by Apple to replace a 3rd party product. This new software has an annoying behaviour where older posts will drop off certain activity lists. So they may still be there, but you'll have to use Google to find them. Generally speaking, this forum is very light on moderation.

Shows up fine in Canada.