with third parts you mean?
I don't understand what you mean here.
Yes, you thought right, and you can't expect a social, polite, relationship from a CO, with replies when there is nothing to say. The COs' job is to focus on moving their cases through, so telling people 'now your case is doing this, now your case is doing that' is not part of it, as that time could be better spent doing something on another person's application which would get it one step nearer to granting their visa. This is why EVERYONE spends long periods of time with no contact from INZ. These times are when the CO doesn't need any more information, and hasn't any news of a result to give. And