There is in fact one additional piece of good news, which you may already have seen but which I just found. On April 2nd, the USCIS released another statement in which they say that they have reached an unspecified agreement with the FBI on getting through the name-check backlog. The new targets - if they are indeed met - should give hope to us all:
The target milestones for processing name checks are:
May 2008 - Process all name checks pending more than three years
July 2008 - Process all name checks pending more than two years
November 2008 - Process all name checks pending more than one year
February 2009 - Process all name checks pending more than 180 days
June 2009 - Process 98 percent of all name checks within 30 days and process the remaining two percent within 90 days
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/us...nnel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
Let's hope they meet - indeed exceed - these milestones.
--Jelly--
The target milestones for processing name checks are:
May 2008 - Process all name checks pending more than three years
July 2008 - Process all name checks pending more than two years
November 2008 - Process all name checks pending more than one year
February 2009 - Process all name checks pending more than 180 days
June 2009 - Process 98 percent of all name checks within 30 days and process the remaining two percent within 90 days
http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/us...nnel=68439c7755cb9010VgnVCM10000045f3d6a1RCRD
Let's hope they meet - indeed exceed - these milestones.
--Jelly--