Rd: 5/02 No FP
I am also an applicant from 5/02 without a FP. My lawyer enquired and send me the following note:
"We spoke with the USCIS on Friday regarding the status of your I-485 and the fact that you have not received your fingerprint notice after 25 months of filing your application. We were informed by the Customer Service Rep. that they are currently processing application with a filing date of January 2002. Since your application was filed in May 2002, she stated that it will be another couple of months before we receive your notice for fingerprinting. She stated waiting 25 months for fingerprinting is not abnormal. However, we will follow-up with them again in another four weeks or so and will let you know the status of our findings."
But I don't get it !! All my friends, ahead and behind me, got fingerprinted. May be the adjudicator who is handling May-02 cases has decided to send out FP notices when he/she starts working on the May files. In that case, we may get a FP notice and a quick approval notice instead of a long wait between the two. Just speculating, who knows whats the truth !! Just tired of this mess !!
ps: one of my friends from Feb-02 got approved. May be Texas has started working on Feb cases.