One caveat!!
If on Nov. 1st the SESA msg changes to "we are now processing applications received BEFORE May 1st" then it still means April is being processed and we are not out of the woods yet. If I recall, the last time I checked, it said we are processing apps received BEFORE April 30, 2001 (for RIR). That would mean apps recd on or before April 29th. There was a deluge of apps on April 30th which could realistically take until Dec to clear.
I'm waiting too....there is no option but to wait it out....
Yes NJ certainly sucks and so does Bush for passing the 245i law and making all of us qualified applicants to suffer as a result of it. The 245 applications should have been processed indepependtly in a separate track. Thats it, I'm never gonna be a republican.