Dear PAZ and All my other friends here:
I have been watching this forum for nearly half year.
I filed my I-140 in March 2003 based on EB2, and filed my I-485 in September 2003. My I-140 was approved in middle 2004, and my I-485 (AOS) has been pending for all of the past 3.5 years. I contacted my congressmen, and of course the delay was due to "security check".
My case is indeed special in one sense. I already passed all of the FBI security check in Oct. 2003 in a separate case. Since my wife was approved for an asylum status in 2003, and I went through all of the FBI security check, and also got the asylum status then. The FBI check at that time took about five month, and I was told by the immigration official that my name was initially got a hit in their system. Of course, I know I have to go through all of the FBI security check again for my I-485 case, because my current I485 case has been delayed out of the 15-month valid period. However, I do think this is a good situation to me, because (1) it shows my background is clear, and (2) it shows that FBI is capable of finishing my background check within 5 months, if they are willing to do it.
I filled my WOM for AOS in late Dec 2006 in NJ district court. I called the AUSA for the first time in late Feb, 2007, just two weeks before the original deadline. He was polite, but he said he might have to file a MTD to my case. Later, the AUSA asked for an extension, which postponed the deadline for a response to March 21, 2007.
In the past two weeks, I have been emailing him a few times. I hope to establish a good relationship with him, and hope he can feel my pain as a human being. Yesterday, I received a notice from USCIS, saying that my cases have been transferred to Texas Service Center. Originally, I thought it was because the AUSA help me make USCIS to work on my case, and I emailed him to thank him. However, when I called AUSA today, he told me that "I don't know how significant the notice is". That is, he didn't really help move forward my case, and the notice had nothing to do with him. I was so disappointed with his attitude! What was worse was that he clearly told me that he will file a MTD to my case. I feel the cool in his voice, and I know I can't depend on him as a "friend" anymore.
I have to start preparing my Opposition to MTD now. I read some of the orders of some "bad cases". I think the most damaging one is the order of the "Akram SAFADI 1:06CV1055" case. From this order, I fully understand that we have to unite to fight, because each case will have some consequence to the following cases, either good one or bad one.
I will start to post some of my ideas to address a MTD in the following posts. Please let me know if you still want to know other background information regarding my case, before we start the brainstorm.