REAL I-485 Processing Time for EB1-EA cases and Namecheck?

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To the helpful people here, will anybody tell me what's the more realistic processing time for I-485 EB1-EA applicants? My lawyer decided to file my cases separately so I only applied for the AOS right after my I-140 was approved. I applied my AOS last May 2008 and am still waiting.

The thing is, I know a good no. of people who applied later than me and had their AOS approved last January. So this is just puzzling me right now. I called the USCIS and a rude supervisor just told me to wait coz my case is not being processed yet since they are only processing July 2007 right now. I think that's a big bull$#!^.

Another thing I wanted to ask, how would an applicant know that his/her case is now undergoing namecheck? Is there a way to track that as well?

Thank you in advance!
 
1- My case was approved long after most other cases filed around my time were processed. It is different for every individual, and there is nothing you can do but wait, despite the frustration.

2- There is no reliable way to know if your namecheck is clear, although chances are that it is by now. Some people find success by making an Infopass appointment and asking an officer, or otherwise by cheating the phone system and getting connected straight to the service center (instead of customer service) and being lucky enough to get connected to an immigration officer. But by and large, you just have to be very patient.
 
Thank you so much for the answers.
It's just plain annoying how slow they are in processing the AOS even if you are already approved of you I-140 based on an EB1-EA application.

The immigration actually asked me if my O-1 is about to expire? I wonder if they expedite those AOS for applicants who's visa's about to expire. Anyone who can enlighten me on this?
 
I don't think the officers will be that considerate to pay more attention to the cases whose visas are about to expire. They probably don't know your visa status until they take out your case. They never care what might happen or what will happen to you etc. To me, they simply pick up the files randomly, then leave the poor clerks to enter the data and leave us to analyze the data. It's useless!
My I-140 EB1A got approved October 2007, I am still waiting for my I-485.
 
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