CCAA New Year Schedule

According to our agency, the CCAA will be closed Jan 1, 2, and 3 and will return to work on the 4th. Chinese New Year will be Jan 29 to Feb 5 and they will return to work on the 6th. I really don't expect to see any more referrals until the very end of January (which will probably arrive the first week of February). I'd like to see a months worth, but really only expect another two or maybe three weeks worth. I know there are rumors that more are to come out this week and go through 5/10, but with them being closed two days this week, that just doesn't make a lot of sense. I was thinking though - wouldn't it be great for them to start sending referrals out twice a month instead of once a month? That might be harder on the agencies who would then have to manage twice as many travel groups, but it would mean that half of those receiving referrals would get them two weeks earlier. No real reason to think the CCAA might start doing this, just a random thought. So, back to real rumors and analysis - since the CCAA is out of the office until Jan 4 (which will be the evening of the 3rd for us), we can't expect to see any change to their website until then, and probably not until a few days after. I'm not really expecting to see a change in the referral information, but the review room info has been the same for a really long time. I'd like to see June come out of the review room soon. My best guess right now (as in, most probable) for referrals is: Late Jan/Early Feb - through May 10-ish. Mid March - through June 10-ish Mid April - through mid July Mid May - through mid August Mid June - through mid September I think it's possible that they will start doing five or even six weeks worth every month at some point, but I don't know how long it will take them to be able to do that. It really depends on how quickly they can bring the new orphanages into the program, and how quickly those orphanages start sending paperwork for babies. I believe that they are expecting paperwork from those new orphanages to begin arriving in February/March, which is why we've seen the rumors that the slowdown would only continue through CNY and then they would go back to whole months. Every referral batch we get, I look for new orphanages. If any of you receive a referral from an orphanage that doesn't appear to have been adopted from before, please let me know, as that would be most exciting.