EB2 ND 03/12/04 approved
EB2 PD 10/22/01
I-140/I-485/EAD/AP Concurrent Filing 03/12/04
I-140 LUD 12/15/04, 12/16/04, 12/17/04, Approval received by Lawyer 12/20/04 (No change in message online), 12/30/04
FP 11/16/04 LUD 11/22/04 11/23/04 Fingerprint received message online
EAD/AP renewal filing 12/28/04
I-485 Approved 01/13/04 (Received email from USCIS)
(I never checked with FBI for fingerprints or name check)
Its my personal belief that everyone who is not affected by the PD retrogression and who have been finger printed recently are on their way to approval. USCIS has probably identified all the easy cases. They may be using the law of averages to meet their goal, instead of a linear pattern.
The way my I-140 got approved, it seemed like they had the intent to approve my 485 but realized that my 140 had not been approved yet and then approved it in a hurry (judging from the LUD changes).
i am speculating here so take what i say with a grain of salt.
the approval so early has put me in a spot since i was contemplating a visit to my home country at the end of this month with possible marriage in mind. so the approval is bittersweet for me.
this forum has been helpful. there are some people on this forum who have acquired so much legal knowledge, that they should consider pursuing a legal career after they get approved.
. and then there are the oddballs who bring merriment to the forum.
sincerely wishing you all the very best.
Coco
P.S. To those who are superstitious, everytime i stopped checking my online status or stopped visiting this forum, that USCIS would do something on my application.