Make sure your approval noticiation wasn't overlooked in an email trash bin, because that's about when I submitted my E-4 on a SS trust. The estimated wait time was about 8-9 months, so I didn't do much checking until then. "Nothing pending." After 11 months had passed, I looked back through my email Inbox and realized that the feds had notified me that I was approved 2 months earlier. My local licensee never notified me that they'd gotten the approval. They were just biding their time until I came in to pick up the can.