after 15 days of rfe recd by CIS, the status was updated late today afternoon as below....
"On November 17, 2006, we received your response to our request for evidence or information. However because preliminary processing was complete, the remaining processing time will be less than the maximum stated in this message. You will receive a written decision on this case. You can use our processing dates to estimate when this case will be done. Follow the the link below for current processing dates".
the update may have happened after my lawyer followed up with CIS today...looks like CIS were not sure whether they had my papers; so they did not update...after my lawyer called, CIS realized they had all the papers!!!...i can't understand how this could happen!! anyway, hopefuly, my petition should get approved soon....