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If you have a path to a green card then 5 years is a pretty solid amount of time for most places (not india/china). If they made it a separate quota for entrep
by serge2k 10y ago
If you have a path to a green card then 5 years is a pretty solid amount of time for most places (not india/china).
If they made it a separate quota for entrepreneurs then you could get most people a green card within that timeline.
- outworlder 10y ago> If you have a path to a green card then 5 years is a pretty solid amount of time for most places (not india/china). Agreed. However, since you can't self-petition in most cases, it is unclear if you have a path or not.
- klunger 10y agoWhy is China and India the exception here? They keep getting mentioned as an exception in this discussion.
- aditya 10y agoChina and India are heavily backlogged due to high demand https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bulletin/2016/visa-bulletin-for-september-2016.html https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/bul...
- int_19h 10y agoA single country of origin is not allowed to use up more than 7% of the total green card quota. Thus, very populous countries with lots of qualified potential immigrants, and strong incentives to immigrate (e.g. significant quality-of-life difference), are at a disadvantage.