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I guess when you're talking "highest immigration" you're talking in absolute terms. Both Canada and Australia have significantly higher _rates_ of immigration.

by ojbyrne 16y ago

I guess when you're talking "highest immigration" you're talking in absolute terms. Both Canada and Australia have significantly higher _rates_ of immigration. I'm starting the green card process, and fwiw, the lawyer tells me it takes a minimum of 16 months, with 2 years being typical.

yardie 16y ago
Yes, I mean highest in absolute numbers. I don't even know what a rate you speak of since you need an X and Y to have a rate. Is that there are more people applying now than last year or do you mean more immigrants as a percentage of the population?
- ojbyrne 16y ago
  More immigrants as a percentage of the population.
  - yardie 16y ago
    You are comparing one country with 300 million people with one with 25 million. Of course the numbers are going to reflect better on Australia.
sandGorgon 16y ago
For a lot of countries, the green card backlog is > 7 years. YMMV
- ojbyrne 16y ago
  Yes, I'm in the US on a work visa, and I'm talking about the EB-2 category, which has less of a backlog, apparently. The EB-3 is less preferred, and is in that 7+ years range.
imajes 16y ago
Just to clarify, the period of time it takes for a green card application to process is a factor of: a: which kind of green card you're getting (employment, family or lottery based are the main ones) b: where you are applying from (some states will process stuff exponentially faster than others, some processing centers are slow right now due to office re-orgs, and finally anything overseas is going to take you x*4, where x is the time locally) c: the quality of your lawyer.