I am a Jan 2014 filer routed to Nebraska directly.
I´m not very confident about the random theory...they are supposed to process cases on a first come first served basis, if not....Why do we need a priority date? Just for filing? The receipt number would be enough for processing, then.
I am skeptical, I think they really take into account the filing and priority dates. According to their official processing times, Nebraska is taking 9 months (average) in doing approvals. So that, in my case, I do not expecty anything until October...
Maybe those cases of December you are referring to are K-1 visas. It seems they handle them quicker than IR-1/CR-1 requests....
We filed our's last Nov.29,then we got the NOA1 Dec 2,then we were approved by Jan.6..and the NVC received our package Jan.21..so..we phoned them to ask what to do next and they said wait until they instruct to file the AOS..then pay it
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We filed our's last Nov.29,then we got the NOA1 Dec 2,then we were approved by Jan.6..and the NVC received our package Jan.21..so..we phoned them to ask what to do next and they said wait until they instruct to file the AOS..then pay it