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The US immigration system is notoriously backed up. Even family-based green card processing are backlogged by 5-6 years last I’ve heard. It’s a perverse situat

The US immigration system is notoriously backed up. Even family-based green card processing are backlogged by 5-6 years last I’ve heard. It’s a perverse situation where people affected have no power to request any changes or improvements, and people who have power to do so, are not affected in the least, so there is no real incentive to improve anything.

ll931110 9y ago
In addition, some people who have succeeded in the green card lottery actually oppose any change that makes immigration situation better. Maybe that's "us vs them" mentality?
uiri 9y ago
Employment based applications are current for people from most countries. The big exceptions are Chinese, Filipino and Indian immigrants. There is a 2-3 year wait for 4th category Mexicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, and Hondurans. Given the possible qualifications for this category, I suspect that these are mostly immigrants subject to child abuse, neglect or abandonment within the US. Immediate relatives (spouses and minor children) of US citizens can always get a green card. I think that this process is fairly quick. The family based process looks much more backlogged. If you're a brother, sister, or married (adult?) child of a US citizen, you will be stuck waiting for at least a decade. If you're an unmarried adult child of a US citizen or green card holder, you're looking at a 5-6 year wait unless you're Filipino (10+ year wait) or Mexican (20+ year wait). If you're the spouse of a green card holder, the wait is "only" 1-2 years. https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletin-jan-18 https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletin-jan-18 https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/immediate-relative-us-citizen https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/immediate-relative-us-citize...
dragonwriter 9y ago
> Even family-based green card processing are backlogged by 5-6 years last I’ve heard. As of the most recent visa bulletin, the (quota limited) family-based categories are 2-13 years behind (different in each category) globally, with some countries much worse, notably Mexico where one category is at the same 2 year backlog that the category has globally, and the rest are 20-22 years behind.

ll931110 9y ago

In addition, some people who have succeeded in the green card lottery actually oppose any change that makes immigration situation better. Maybe that's "us vs them" mentality?

uiri 9y ago

Employment based applications are current for people from most countries. The big exceptions are Chinese, Filipino and Indian immigrants. There is a 2-3 year wait for 4th category Mexicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, and Hondurans. Given the possible qualifications for this category, I suspect that these are mostly immigrants subject to child abuse, neglect or abandonment within the US. Immediate relatives (spouses and minor children) of US citizens can always get a green card. I think that this process is fairly quick. The family based process looks much more backlogged. If you're a brother, sister, or married (adult?) child of a US citizen, you will be stuck waiting for at least a decade. If you're an unmarried adult child of a US citizen or green card holder, you're looking at a 5-6 year wait unless you're Filipino (10+ year wait) or Mexican (20+ year wait). If you're the spouse of a green card holder, the wait is "only" 1-2 years. https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletin-jan-18 https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletin-jan-18 https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/immediate-relative-us-citizen https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/immediate-relative-us-citize...

dragonwriter 9y ago

> Even family-based green card processing are backlogged by 5-6 years last I’ve heard. As of the most recent visa bulletin, the (quota limited) family-based categories are 2-13 years behind (different in each category) globally, with some countries much worse, notably Mexico where one category is at the same 2 year backlog that the category has globally, and the rest are 20-22 years behind.