We understand how important YPP is to you. Our team has not yet come to a clear decision during the initial one so we're putting extra efforts before making a final decision. It does take a bit of time as all applications are reviewed manually. Hope you hear back soon.
Team YouTube can tell you nothing because they need to check with the team that deals with monetization unfortunately the system that they use for monetization approvals is antiquated and long long long and it is too long and too complicated