Some reminders for applicants.
1. Do not post duplicate applications. It doubles the approval time, so they get done last. Constantly chasing us will NOT help your cause in getting your app processed quickly - quite the opposite, in fact.
2. We are getting a lot of applications from people who are already Licensed Members (name in light blue and Licensed Member user title). You do not need to re-apply if you are licensed.
3. If you have previously had a Licensed or even unlicensed RD account, please mention that, as we can re-activate old accounts and reset default passwords to allow access. That will be quicker than having a whole new account created.
4. We will generally try and do one application processing run per day, and attempt to clear any backlogs there may be. We will process applications in the order that they come in, not in the order that they appear in the forum.
5. All of the processing is manual - nothing is automated. We all have jobs and other commitments - Adminning the site is not what we do all day.
6. RD rules -that you are all required to state you have read and accepted on your application- state that people must use their real names on applications before they get licensed.
7. We try and verify each application as much as we realistically can. Sometimes we ask for further proof because we struggle to find any confirmation elsewhere.
8. If we subsequantly find that someone has managed to become licensed using incorrect details, that person will be dropped back to unlicensed immediately, and may face a ban from RD.
