Hello SATYARAJ K!!
While I know the significance of Oct 9th from the postings here, I am not sure if my attorney is aware of that date. So will tell yaa abt my case, so you can come-up with your own judgment. Mailed all required documents to attorney in the first week of October (considering I mailed em late Friday, we can say second week), and got a notification from their firm in the second week mentioning they have processed my application, and will contact me if they need any further information. Considering the huge amount they charge to our department (the processing fee itself charged to my department is in three digit figures, excluding the DOS charges/application fee), I never payed special attention to it, as I kindaa trusted them. However, as I got close to my travel date, purchase tickets, and reading the dis-couraging post here, I have decided to call em up, and have posted the response I got from them. I told them, that I have to travel in the first week of Jan, and they are soo sure that they advised me to go ahead with my plans. Hope that clears your questions..if not feel free to ask for further details, but be aware of the fact that my response might be delayed, as I login to site once a day.