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Unfortunately we are not going to pick and choose applications due to timezones. We get the oldest apps done first so they may be able to get on sooner rather than wait long time for someone in their timezone or close to it.

@MamaBearJade But it can often end up longer that way. If some European got checked by an Aussie or vice versa, the whole pending->accepted process could take the best part of two days, since besides the normal wait for it to be checked, the Euro also wouldn’t see the Aussie’s pending post for like 10 hours and the Aussie wouldn’t see the changes for the same length of time. I doubt it’s common enough an issue to change the system around, but food for thought I guess. 

its just another example of protocol > anything else
i understand the need for a protocol but there will always be situations in which not abiding by it is better, like above.