most of the pending 485 cases have been assigned to officers...my guess....we also are seeing a flurry of ND 02/01 approvals....so hopefully we will start seeing early ND 03/01 approvals soon....also notice that the FP notices received by helper and others have appointment of next week...This is good news cos I think INS wants FPs asap....if i remember right mine and earlier batch had appointments scheduled 3 weeks and plus...