There has been a significant delay in the issuance of receipt notices for I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status and I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker filed with the USCIS in recent months. This delay can likely to be attributed to significant number of I-140 and I-485 applications filing due to the expected increase in the USCIS filing fees (enjoined by court); and the filing of downgrade I-140 applications concurrently with I-485 applications because of significant movement of priority dates for Indian and Chinese nationals. In most cases, the applicants should expect to receive receipt notices for their I-140 and I-485 applications within six to eight weeks.