Virginia...
Hello All and Vasu12345,
Sorry I could not reply to your earlier question(a week ago) as I could not access this forum. Just running my thoughts aloud...
1. I know of a guy with PDate in FEB 2001 who got to his fingerprinting a couple of weeks ago. Till date, he is the fastest to get a GC in my group(11 months) others have been 15 months.
2. Given the current INS *MAJOR* visa process BLUNDER/Failure incident, which all of you must have heard in the news, I think that INS processing and offices are going to come under some scrutiny for the way they operate/process visas and do the GC process. If anything this might a)Slow down further for GC applications or B) might highlight the need to computrerise, make more accountable for delays, or even EXPEDITE and process genuine and good GC applications of all talented and (READ EDUCATED) skilled professionals who are waiting on their applications to move forward forever.
if A) happens...then there will be more delays.
if B) happens we might see some more FUNDS/MANPOWER/RESOURCES/faster workflow processses within INS, to deal with backlog (within INS) to process VALID GC applications. The industry position on retention of skilled professionals and U.S Govt security policy will determine if this happens. we have to see. My best bet is that if Premium processing gets extended to Labor as well, because if they need money, then one logical reason to generate it would be from the people who need that service, directly will pay for it. There would be skilled professionals in the industry who do not mind paying a reasonable amount of INS premium processing fees. Let\'s hope.
Currently, In my opinion, I do NOT have a clear TIME EsTIMATE of WHEN my labor/i140/485 will be done...all I have in my mind is guesses, which makes it very hard to plan my A) life, b) career, c)hundreds of other things.
Again, I would like to thank all people who have been diligently following up with the virginia office, I will post anything valuable that my lawyers might tell me. Meanwhile, let\'s be optimistic and keep everyone informed. Your thoughts friends....
Regards,
EtchOneBee.