Department of State memo on consular processing

[puiwah]

It seems that all consulates have been instructed to accept AOS immigration cases with an I-824 filing receipt from immigrants last residing in their jurisdiction.
Consulates can also choose whether to accept third country cases, which CJ has chosen to do.
As a previous poster mentioned, it doesn't even seem like you need to have filed an I-485, only that your original I-140 was filed as AOS.

Am I misinterpreting this in some way or does this memo consitute a very positive development in US immigration policy?

[rserban]

After reading the memo, it seems to me that the consulates are not 'required' to process all these applications. They are encouraged, but not required. My understanding is that they can claim too much caseload. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
My question is: how could I find out if a given consulate does or does not accept such cases? Of course, I could contact the consulate directly, but I'm trying to find a different way. The last time I called the US Embassy in Bucharest (asking if they would accept AC I-140) they were quite rude. If I can help it, I'd like to get as much information as possible from other sources :-)
Thanks.

[immihelp]

I have posted much more readable version of it at www.immihelp.com/consular/memo.html