They have stopped accepting fax and phone inquiries. It is only by email these days (I called the phone number that I got from this forum and there was an automated message regarding this). I sent an inquiry on 07/19/04, then on 09/19/04 (both by fax), then again on 10/11/04 and 10/21/04 by email. I got a response on 11/03/04 referring to my second fax inquiry and that my name check was completed on 04/16/2003 and forwarded to USCIS, Washington DC. Well I don't know 1) why it was done so early and 2) why it was forwarded to Washington DC.