BPBJHL042002
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Well, they just release their "official processing" time and they haven't budge from 08/01/2001 (www.immigration-law.com)!! Frustrating! 
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my two cents on "official processing times..."
i think they want to take advantage of the regulation that only those applicants, whose receipt dates are X no. of days (i think 120 days) earlier than the official backlog date should call to inquire after their case. hence by keeping the official backlog date well back, they ensure there is a minimum number of people whose official inquiries they will have to respond to. also, they can tell a senator's office that they are still processing cases earlier to the one they are calling about.
bottom line: don't pay too much heed to "official processing dates". this forum and rupnet provide more reliable information.
i think they want to take advantage of the regulation that only those applicants, whose receipt dates are X no. of days (i think 120 days) earlier than the official backlog date should call to inquire after their case. hence by keeping the official backlog date well back, they ensure there is a minimum number of people whose official inquiries they will have to respond to. also, they can tell a senator's office that they are still processing cases earlier to the one they are calling about.
bottom line: don't pay too much heed to "official processing dates". this forum and rupnet provide more reliable information.
BPBJHL042002
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Acknowledging backlog is good but working according to RD dates is even better! Think of those who has been waiting since earlier part of the RD calender year and us, not forgetting that!
My guess is that they might be going by Priority date. So even if your RD was earlier, but you have a later PD, they shelve your file after sending an RFE until most cases with PD before yours are adjuticated.
You can do an analysis in Rupnet for Aug/Sep/Oct cases and see for yourself. Sort by PD and you'll see most dark green (approval) lines appear before and light green lines (RFEs) appear at the end.
I got this hint after reading the 269 pages of INS's SOP document for I-485 process. Hope this helps.
Also remeber that there are always cases that are exceptions - like people from country besides India, even some lucky cases for people from India. What we are trying to establish here is a general trend, not a hard fact set in stone. So after my analysis, this is the most reasonable explanation I could come up with.
You can do an analysis in Rupnet for Aug/Sep/Oct cases and see for yourself. Sort by PD and you'll see most dark green (approval) lines appear before and light green lines (RFEs) appear at the end.
I got this hint after reading the 269 pages of INS's SOP document for I-485 process. Hope this helps.
Also remeber that there are always cases that are exceptions - like people from country besides India, even some lucky cases for people from India. What we are trying to establish here is a general trend, not a hard fact set in stone. So after my analysis, this is the most reasonable explanation I could come up with.
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BPBJHL042002
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I thought that everything became current July 2001 hence, they are not having PDs anymore?
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BPBJH.. you are incorrect.
Every permanent residency case has a PD. The PD is the date the labour is applied for OR in case of no labour, the date the I-140 is applied for.
The 'current' term you refer to is the cutoff PD for filing 485s. it means that anyone with an approved I-140 can file for i-485 regardless of PD. Before July 2001, the dept of Labour had established cut-off PDs for each category, to ease the backlog of I-485 applications.
My comment on the initial question - Regarding the official dates is that they do not mean anything - especially in the last year. We have to go by the dates posted in this forum to determine what is actually being processed
BPBJH.. you are incorrect.
Every permanent residency case has a PD. The PD is the date the labour is applied for OR in case of no labour, the date the I-140 is applied for.
The 'current' term you refer to is the cutoff PD for filing 485s. it means that anyone with an approved I-140 can file for i-485 regardless of PD. Before July 2001, the dept of Labour had established cut-off PDs for each category, to ease the backlog of I-485 applications.
My comment on the initial question - Regarding the official dates is that they do not mean anything - especially in the last year. We have to go by the dates posted in this forum to determine what is actually being processed