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Try setting your language to US English. Might not be the issue, but only US English devices get it at the moment.

FWIW to anyone reading this: I got in off the waitlist in ~2 hours.

Today's release only supports English (US) and you appear to be in the UK. English (UK) support is slated for the end of this year.

My phone is on English (US) and I live in San Francisco.

For me it was a formality, I got the invite in a minute later.

I also got it around 40 minutes later!

I'm in the US and was asked to join a waitlist.

UK English is available in the developer beta 18.2 if you have an Apple developer account.