aj2004,
I am one of those people who got stuck in the 01 backlog. My labor application took 2.5 years. I think atleast half if not more of these people have already gotten their GCs. What you are saying maybe true but the only thing is that a lot of people who saw that their Labor getting stuck in 01 filed in another state at a later time. Also 01-03 was one of the worst times in the US economy so a lot of people who had filed their labor in 01 got laid of and moved elsewhere. Basically there might be a lot of labor applications from 01 but it is hard to say how many exactly got to the 140/485 stage and how many of those actually got approved. Last year all centers went on an approval rampage and a lot of 01 PD cases might have gotten approved. My guess may be completely wrong but at this point it seems like there are a lot of 02 PDs out there. There aren't as many 01 or earlier PDs with pending 485s out there. Again I may be completely wrong but I am pretty certain that the dates will move into 01 and then onto 02 within a year. The dates may get stuck in 02 or a while though. That is my theory for now.
If what I am saying does not happen, then we will know that the worst case scenario has come true and we would be forced to look elsewhere for jobs and a future.
At present I am hoping for the best but am preparing for the worst. Thats all we can do.
saras
regards,
saras76