I believe the officer and she might have shared what ever the information she knows at that time. I don't see any reason why they give you false information? But, here is what i think....
When they moved the dates forward with
June'07 bulletin, i felt (might be wrong) that they are now serious and determined to cleanup the 485 backlog mess starting with older cases first. But...
* Do they have any idea of how many VISA numbers available for JUNE filers?
* Do they have enough people to handle the incoming cases?
* Forget about India and China, did they clear all the old/pending 485's
belonging to rest of the world?
Then the drama of 'ALL DATES CURRENT' with
July'07 bulletin is another complicated scenario. Their idea of generating demand for VISA numbers and using them before they expire on SEPT'2007 is good. But...
* If the VISA numbers (40,000 as i read some where) are already exhauasted with June filers, what do they give for July filers?
* With current working staff, how do they handle this 485 flood?
* Can they acknowledge each applicant once they receive their application?
* Do they repeat the lottery system (used for recent H1B filers) if everyone files on July 1 st?
When things started moving in June, everyone was happy because their long wait will be coming to an end once they get their EAD and move one step towards GC. But looking at the current scenario, I think we are only halfway and still long way to go.
In the whole process, I see so many IFs,BUTs and lots of questions everywhere, if someone has answers
, please feel free to enlighten us.
Thank you.
Today I went to get my address updated using INFOPASS. First of all the address was very old (one when I filed) well that's not the thing to discuss here. Main thing I wanted to share is the immigration officer told me that the visa numbers are not available now until Oct 2007. This was a shock but I didn't argue with her about what is posted on USCIS site. My PD is Oct 2002 and she told me twice that I must wait until the visa numbers are available possibly in Oct 2007.
Does this means the visa numbers are exhausted already as
www.immigration-law.com posted that numbers may be exhausted as early as early July??