I too am waiting on the CAA to get the paperwork sorted....who knows when that will be. Altho I didn't get anything from them saying that they have taken the cash (which they have) so am not sure whats going on there)
CASA in AUS are worse... they're doing terrorist background checks on all pilots down here now before licences are issued so it's taking a fair bit of time. It's only a fairly new thing so no-one at the regulator knows what's going on at the moment, and what exactly they're supposed to be doing for it - with the consequence that some people's forms and documentation is sitting on 'someone's' desk for literally months until the frustrated pilot rings up to find out what's going on. I passed my PPL about 5 weeks ago, I haven't got my licence yet - not that that's the worst one I've heard of - mate of mine has been waiting for four and a half months now!!
Of course, without the licence we can't fly...
which really sucks.