Rumors: About the August referral batch

Alrighty, it's been pretty quiet the last week and a half, which is normal for the time right after a referral batch. Here's a nice neat summary of the few rumors I'm hearing:

My friend in Spain (Gracias J!) says a woman on the Spanish board with an 8/29 LID recently spoke to an ACI worker and was told to expect a referral by the end of November.

I heard a few vague early rumors that agencies were expecting referrals much earlier this month (don't they always seem to say that?!). But it just didn't pass my bs-detector test so I didn't fall all over myself to report it last week. Historically, referrals have been delivered at the end of the month for the past 7 months and that's what I'm expecting to see this time around. (See my page on Referral Statistics for exact dates).

Some people with late July LIDs (7/25 thru 7/28) say their agencies are telling them to expect referrals in this batch. (I'd really like to see All of July, so come on CCAA you can top this!)

A couple of U.S. agencies are projecting that their late August LIDs are going to wait 14 to 15 months for a referral (so they'd receive referrals in Oct/Nov, which is simply not speedy enough).

A prospective parent with an early December LID has apparently been asked for some clarification from the CCAA. This typically means that dossiers of that same month are now being reviewed. The CCAA site still says they've finished review of Oct dossiers, which means we only know for certain that they're currently working on November ones.

Ok, I'm sure we'll have more concrete rumors next week - have a great weekend and look for sunny skies ahead.