For those enquring about unlock:
yes there are 2 steps
1) Applying for permission (around 3hrs wait). Just once per account will do
2) After you get your phone you need to wait 360 hours (from first attempt at unlocking i think). They did this to prevent vendors or sth from flashing (no idea jsut guessing)
Workaround (was working when I unlocked last night):
Credit to a russian forum that some xda bros linked:
https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=721838&st=22740#entry72906596
Basically to do so, you need 2 accounts with unlock permission. Log in to phone with first account and go fastboot, log in to unlock tool with first account and try. If cannot work, log in to account 2 on the phone and DO NOT click anything, jsut go to fastboot. Then log in to second account on unlock tool, and unlock. It worked for me yesterday