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Rajeev,
I went to the local office one morning (SJ) but the line was just too long, I had to go to work that day. According to my lawyer it is not really useful to visit the office, but of course I could not just stay at home.
What worked for me is to call the local congress-woman\'s office. The people in her office were very, very nice. The called the INS and then called me back and then called again after the interview was scheduled. It still took 5-6 months to get the interview notice, so I am not sure if it really helped. In my experience there is no need to be pushy at the congress woman office, quite the opposite.
Also my lawyer and I sent an unsolicited file to the INS to clear up possible dark spots in the case. That file made it to the I485 file and I saw it there during the final interview. This step really helped, the officer read the introductory letter(s), said \'I see\' and moved on to other issues.
In my experience there is little you can do to speed up the case. However inquiring around can help catch eventually gross errors, like your file being put on a shelf somewhere or the interview notice being lost in the mail.
Take care!
