Ugh! He's been checking email regularly, including junk and spam folders. It is confusing that his application is not up for review yet. Does anyone know how long the review board takes to review an application? I realize we'll all know within the next 10 days or so, but we're all driving ourselves crazy checking email and BD.
DS was completed before October 1, and hasn't heard anything. Looking on the bright side we really are still at the point that "no news is good news". Patience really is a virtue and we have to hope that he is still being considered be it for an appointment or some sort of prep program. Stay the course, remain positive, focus on the here and now, and remember that each day without a denial is day you're still in the hunt.