I think at least one of them specified the reason
I-140 is an employer's application. So our petition won't be heared or entertained.
Even if you try to inquire at Service Center, they won't entertain your query.
Its our fate that we are at VSC. All other service centers are pretty fast and consistent as well.
With this newest slow-down I think, they will soon have to update the time frame from 485 days to 600 days.
If we can just find out how do they operate i.e. in which sequence, we should be lucky and happy in the way that we will at least be able to guesstimate the approval date.
With Feb RD and early March ND, I was hoping to hear something at least in December. No such hopes anymore.
VSC has gone in holiday mood so we will have to wait till next holiday season before they can approve some more cases.
I still hope that they are continuing to approve people who don't use this forum - but I seriously doubt that.
I remember somebody posting VSC director e-mail address. I think we can keep on sending emotional e-mails with requests to expedite our cases - but that is all - nothing more can be done on I-140 cases legally by us.
On the other hand l was brwosing I-485 forum and saw an October 2002 case being approved at VSC.
What an irony! - some people are waiting for I-140 from period before that.
