The whole thing is a nightmare. Someone on another forum has been waiting since September/October on a renewal and nothing lost, just two requests for further information. Losing documents or claiming the thing never arrived at all seems to be not uncommon. Situation for initial E2 applications is worse, up to a year wait for some. And people are having problems, two years now more than five years, same on renewals and being declined flat not unheard of. Makes it hard to make any plans. People keep saying it is down to this visa officer and she is about to leave but who knows?