I have rumors from a fairly reputable source and a source without a track record that referrals have been mailed. One more source on this that has a good track record and I’ll be prepared to give this one an R4.

It’s looking very good for the 14th.

 
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I’ve made my morning rounds and I don’t see anything new.
Hopefully we will see something today that points us in the right direction. But everyone should be aware that it may still be a few days before that happens. If they don’t mail them until Friday it could be another week.
Still, I’m hopeful we’ll know [...]

It’s 7:15 Monday morning. The CCAA workers are probably on their way to work, or perhaps eating breakfast.
Are the matches almost done? How long will it take for the director to sign them? Will they be mailed out before they leave the office today? Or will it still be another few days?
If only we knew. [...]

TA’s arrived for a lot of agencies yesterday and those agencies are now going to be competing for consulate appointments. Some of those agencies received their TA’s in record time, especially since a few of them took over a week to get their acceptances back. I’m pretty sure TA’s have been faster for this group [...]

I have received the first report of Travel Approvals (from the early January referrals) arriving.
There are no new rumors about the next cut-off or when the next batch may arrive. I’ll let ya’ll know if I see anything.

There are stories out there that Brad and Angelina are in Vietnam right now. So, of course, there are rumors that they are adopting again. I’ve poked around a bit and it looks like they really are in Vietnam, and they visited an orphanage late last year and are now back in the vicinity of [...]