[Hello, Long time follower of this thread ( I have to...). I am surprised nobody is discussing/worried about the backlog. ( I know its even worse for NY).
I am not sure if this has been done before (485 litigation by Rajiv is different) but people in NY thread are uniting and doing something about the delay. Lets get together (along with NY) write a common format letter and send it to our senetors and Star Ledger. Its just intolerable, it started with April 2001 245(i) applications, then it was stuck again in april 2002, now we have 6 month backlog at NY federal, and coming soon visa retrogression. It will be even worse if Bush pushes his agenda for illegals. I know, lot of people have give up, but we have nothing to loose except half an hour sending email. Nobody fights for plight of legals, if we don't unite, I don't think whole process is going to be better even with BRC or PERM. Lets start with a letter, we can maintain it similar to njlabor.xls. Please share your views.