hi fulldenture
i called ADA and asked them.....they confirmed that my appli was in their system. they said i would get a confirmation letter as soon as the appli is processed whatever that means.
keep calling them......and of course find out from them about what u can do to make sure that they have ur appli. if u have sent it by normal first class mail like i did, u wont have any tracking number i assume. ask them what u can do about this. all they seem to need to see if u r in their system is your last name- so its a pretty simple name-based system.
u would have ur M.O. or cashiers check number....ask them to tally that with their records. ask your bank if theres some way u can see if that MO or CC has been encashed.
work on it soon, since the last date for applis is coming up.
all the best.