Checking the April visa bulletin, it's taken USCIS from Dec 2008 to Mar 2009, to move from priority date of 15Oct2001 till 1Nov2001. That's 3 months to move forward 15 days. By that rate, to get to 2002 will take still longer (even if paperwork is approved by a processing center). And to go from 2002 to 2003, and then from 2003 to 2004 will take several years, not just 1 or 2 or 3 years. Is this to be expected or does anyone have any other information about proposed approval dates?