hey there , yea my freind and me went there on friday dec the 10th , we had info pass for 11.am , we got there 11.00 and were given tickets , there were only 3 windows working and they didnt seem to serve anyone , after two hoursof wait we tried to leave and wanted to talk to the officer at gate , and handed over him the tickets and told him , we couldnt wait anymore and if he could help us coz the reaosn were so simple , (mine was to check status of bakground check and his was to change address), that would be wonderful. he sent us to one of the windows wehre a dirty blonde young officer was was playing game on computer , he checked my status as background still PENDING. and my friend whos who applied for i485 in 2001. and was transferred in oct, 2003 . he was told :your file is inactive since ur fingerprints were expired last summer and made him a new appointment and promised him that once he does the FP it should be on the move but still will take a while to get interview , this was so frustating, he was so burnt out after 3 hours of wait and knowing it was all inactive.
my name check were sent on the 21st oct. according to the screen he was seeing on. and my interview was conducted on 25th . i m little calm now , that there is no way FBI will send them result any sooner than 120. which is 4 months , now i have stopped checking the mails and know this is INS fault who were sending my background check after 3 years of filing the i 485.
only one thing was productive out of this whole hassle ,, that i had chance to speak to my interview officer , this time i took my interview letter fr october , as a proof that i was interviewd , so i went upstair wehere they were conducting interviews , it was around 3 pm , no one was there neither the receptionist , then i saw one afican american lady who needed help in walking , (big) i gave her the interview and told her that i m applying downstair for AP which i had , if she would check the status of background check i wuould be saving money on AP and rather have the stamp , here she goes inside , and askes me to wait in the waiting , amazingly in teh meanwhile my interview officer ms LOGAN , she is walking in , and gave me a smile , asn asked me in typical black accent , wht u doing here ,......... i said i was looking for u and handed over her the passport and ead , and we had little chit chat , as i asked about here vacations and coming holidays , it was pleasant , then she went inside the offices and came back in 3 minutes and gave me back EAD and passport and told me that its IP , i said whts IP , its pending , she said i know its frustating, but she said there is nuthign she could do to expedite , but sometimes results are back and that she assured me me she sould keep checking on them time by time , she said there were three ppl already got cleard after i sent urs , and said , it might be ur name which is taking so long . then i said can i have ur ph number , and laughed and said nooooooooooo. i said allright , and she was goging downstair in elevator , we both came down and showd me the exit , i said i met some freinds here who are waiting in room 102. she said fine
i took the evelator again and waited for hte other lady who was checkign my stauts , she didnt come , but a white younf guiy called my name and handed me the interview letter and said its still pending , same question , how long it can take , NO idea , etc
so this is my expericnce , their server is back again , coz there was no way 3 differnt ppl pullled up my file on main frame and told me same thing , usinf same word IP , its pending , so here u go welwisher , there is nuthign wrong withe their servrer , i would highly suggest u go and inquire abt ur interview
status. if i could go i think anyone could go , i hate to see their faces , but still that was the only choice i had .
good luck to all , and heyyyyyyyyyyyy ppl who are waiting for the interview and its been over 9 months from there last finger prints , please pay a visit to local office , it expires in 12 months , but there is possibilty u wondt be getting info pass for a month of so , so do somethign , and dont just let it happen naturally , these ppl are way behind then any other govt dept.
i was actually abt to cxl this appointment and not go , but i did , in the meantime i had made another infopass for 22 , if someone needs infopass i can give u my pin and confirmaion number , u can cxl mine and within seconds make into ur own name , its for 22nd of this month.
good luck all ,