The Review Room
People seem to ask about the status of the review room every couple of days, and my answer is (unfortunately) the same now as it has been for the past six or seven weeks: Some agencies know that their February people are out of review, but as of now the CCAA has not moved all of February out of the review room. If your agency tells you that you are out then, congrats. Otherwise, sorry, there is no other way to find out at this point. Some agencies find out because their review person tells them, other agencies only find out if someone in the following month has questions and they are notified of the questions.
When the CCAA changes the internal box we usually have a half a dozen or so agencies report it right away, and I try to get it changed here as quickly as I can. We’ve had agencies report that their February people are out of review, but so far we haven’t had the widespread reporting (to my knowledge) that the internal box has changed.
February has been in review a long time. I have no idea whether this is significant or not. If you have not read How the Review Room works then you might want to do that. There are also some other posts in the “Important Posts” section to the right you may want to check out as well, if you haven’t already.
September 10th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I know that Feb 07 is not out of review yet for my agency. I know there were families who were asked for additional information, and that may be holding things up. Those families have not heard back yet as to whether or not they have been approved.
Perhaps some agencies have no questions asked, and their reviewer is then able to move on to the next month? Just a guess.
September 10th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
It’s our fault. We are LID 3/30/07 and I cannot wait to be through review, so of course the Cosmic Universe is conspiring against me to drag it out as long as possible. The Cosmic Universe also gave me a creaky, hard to steer grocery buggy this morning. I wish I could get on her good side!
:) wings4ladybug
September 10th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
I’m one of the people with review questions, and I have read the “How The Review Room Works.” Thank you, RQ you are much more helpful than my agency! Since I have a March LID and there were questions regarding our dossier, I am assuming that when CCAA finally posts, they will include Feb and March? I have one other question, if anyone knows the answer…guesses also welcome…We responded to CCAA re their questions over 2 weeks ago. I’m thinking we would have heard by now if we’re to be rejected? In my case no news is good news? Would love some reassurance!!!
Thanks all,
Perudy
September 11th, 2008 at 9:27 am
Can anyone tell me how a person is questioned? I assume the questions would come through your agency….is this correct?
Thanks-
MJD
LID 3-23-07 and anxious to be done with this next step!
September 11th, 2008 at 9:54 am
A few notes:
1. Yes, your agency will notify you if there are questions.
2. The review room considers someone reviewed once the first review has happened. They do not wait for the questions to be answered before moving on to the next month. Once the first review takes place and the file is either moved on to the waiting line between review and matching OR is held on someone’s desk for questions to be answered, then that file is done as far as that month’s review is concerned. When the question is answered and the file ready to move on then the file will be moved to whatever LID group is being reviewed for that agency at the time, and the family will get a new (later) LID.
3. As for how long it takes to hear back after a question has been answered, some people hear back fairly quickly and others wait a long time. Just keep bugging your agency about it and insist that they keep lines of communication open about your file until there is a resolution.
September 11th, 2008 at 10:10 am
We were lid Dec ‘06. We weren’t questioned, but it bothered me that we weren’t notified in any way whatsoever. Do other agencies contact you when you’ve successfully made it through the review room, or are we just to assume that if your month is entirely through, then you’ve made it through?
September 11th, 2008 at 10:20 am
This is the “no news is good news” part of the process. Most agencies only notify you individually if there is a problem. Otherwise I believe they all post something on their email list or newsletter or whatever to let their clients know as a group that a certain month is out of review.