Does early FP help?
Judy Lee,
If the question is "Does it help?" then the simple answer is "Yes" To prove this even two cases are enough.
But "does it hurt?" "I don\'t think so!" The reason you gave for this doesn\'t make much sense! Note that most of the people we are tracking in the summary did early FP and there is no proof that doing early FP caused some of them RFE! It is some thing like saying "If you apply for EAD then it will cause RFE" (because number of people applied for EAD is comparable to people did early FP).
Now my speculation...
Previously (when FP is not by national system), CSC was issuing FP notices when it is time to adjucate the case, now it is scheduling as early as possible based on work load at corresponding ASCs and number of applicants. This is some thing like agency checks (ofcourse it is part of it). For some one all agency checks finished doesn\'t mean that, that person will get approval immediately! They have to wait for their turn based on RD or ND (what ever). But let\'s say that if agency checks are not completed then it could delay approval though even if it is your turn!
So bottom line, at this point of time some one with 12/2001 RD doing early FP may not help but some one with 04/2001 or 05/2001 RD (I mean if it is your turn to get AOS based on RD/ND then..) and got FP recently and scheduled in some time Feb then go do it ASAP, you may get your approval even before your FP scheduled date.
- PCee