14 LID anniversary

Yeah! We are out of the review room and moving down the hall to the match room but the cart our paperwork is on is in a HUMONGOUS back up line.

Yesterday was our official 14th anniversary. Some people like to celebrate anniversaries - I would like to celebrate the GOTCHA day instead.

More Math

This information came from another site but they explain some of the math.

Using this information to calculate the number of dossiers ahead of us Sept 2006ers:
as of October 2007 30000 dossiers at CCAA
12600 dossiers for October 2006 - April 2007 if you use 1800 dossiers filed on avererage for those months
3000 dossiers for May 2007 - October 2007 (if you use 500 dossiers files on average for those months)
30000 - (12600 + 3000) = 14,400 dossiers ahead of us
with 7000 referals a year or (7000 / 12= 583 referrals /month)
and 100 files closed per month
14,400 / 683 = 21 months or August 2009.
That would put us at a total wait of about 35 months.

While my thoughts are obvious on this- there is hope for something to change. I guess I will keep up the faith.

We are currently renewing our paperwork with the US gov. We are granted one FREE extension. After our paperwork expires the second time- I believe we will drop out.

13th...

Well, with mixed emotions it is our 13th month LID ( ie waiting). 13 is good because we are still moving forward. Yep, time has NOT stood still for this ghastly wait.

When we started our paperwork in March 2006, the wait was projected to be about a year to 15 months. So I guess technically we are still in that time frame. Unrealistic to think it could happen so in Dec. I can probably lay it out then.

So another step forward, moving up in file-ville. Happy LID to my fellow line mates.

Referrals for September

I don't pretend to understand the universe - it's much bigger than I am
Albert Einstein

They have confirmation of referrals through Nov. 30th 2005. The cutoff is not set but doesn't look good according to the rumors. We don't know if Dec.1st - 5th is in or not.

People with Chinese heritage have been expedited through Aug 2006. That is very good news that children are being placed.

Congrats to all of you that see the light at the end of this long tunnel now. This last month was an emotionally rough one.