Being predicatable is a good and distinquishable human characteristic My arguments about them still stand. It looks like yours is changing. Listen, my original post was not about you. I was just stating how messy and inconsistant the system is and you seemed to take it personally and volunteered to you stick up for them just because you got served by the system on time. If you read the posts here and in other threads, you will find many are actually getting unfairly delayed or having some sort of problem. Well, I am glad to see that now your tone about them changed a bit. There is no valid reason for them to approve one case in four weeks and hold up any other for ten months...one getting interview in two months and another is still in initial review for three months or someone applied after you getting everything done while you are still stuck at early stage....and many in this forum are have issues like that. The level of ineffiency in immigration system has been well talked about in here for decades asking for reform. I suppose you are not that informed. When someone has a point of view you have to listen before you jump on the defensive or offensive...you don't have to agree but you just can't blatantly say it's full of SH!T and that's what you initially did!!! Anyways...with all seriousness all the best to you!
Approximate Time Line:
2/4 Mailed 485/765/131
2/19 The original 485 filed as employment AOS was transferred to local USCIS office
3/1 Figure Print Done, 485 shows testing and interviewing
4/10 EAD/AP approved
4/18 Received EAD/AP
If I call, would they give me the same canned message, asking me to wait another 30 days?
Your I-485 case updated to "Testing & Interview" very fast after the biometrics, in just few days. That's why right now you probably feel like you have been waiting too long without new updates.
I would say you can expect EAD approval somewhere between May 1st/ May 5th.
Here is some more information, that is going to help you:
http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/eadlist.php?cfl=0&op1=app&op2=d&op4=1&op5=4,7,11,12