Actually, You may be right!!
AP document says approved date was 11/05/2002, but we saw the *approved* status online on 11/14/2002, received by mail on 11/18/2002. We didn't know whether it was approved on 11/05/2002 and took that long to update the status online.
Anyway, atleast you know it was approved, so you may have check your mail box, instead of INS website everyday..
Thanks