Wasn’t that term originally some sort of army term or something? Fitting when dealing with the government, apparently.
I’ve had a lot of emails coming in about what people have heard. I’ve been forwarded several responses from various USCIS offices and no one seems to agree. I’ve seen all of the following things said or strongly [...]

An agency reports that the CCAA will be closed for the entire month of August. Other agencies are still reporting they will not close.
There is nothing (nada, zilch) out there about a cut off date.
As for the question about those who are with an agency that is not accredited, supposedly those agencies should be able [...]

An agency reports the CCAA is currently matching.
There is also word that they will continue working through the Olympics. Agencies are not in agreement on that one though, so I’m not ready to take that one as a given.
No word yet on a cut off date.

I have not seen the first rumor about a cut off date.
There are a few agencies with LID’s a good ways out who are saying they will not be included in this batch, but the LID’s are far enough into February that we’d have known that, anyway.
There is nothing, that I’ve seen or heard, to [...]

Three agencies expect them to be mailed before the Olympics, two do not.

One agency is warning that referrals will not be mailed until the Olympics are over.
I’d like to hear this from more than one agency before we panic too terribly much.