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 w

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...