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I don't get it. Is that hard to apply for citizenship in US once you're there and working/paying taxes, all legal? Because if there is some legal crap that bas

I don't get it. Is that hard to apply for citizenship in US once you're there and working/paying taxes, all legal? Because if there is some legal crap that basically once you get H1B you can't apply for citizenship then this needs to be changed. Otherwise there is absolutely no excuse to become a US naturalized citizen. You went there, spend a decade and then you complain you have 60 days and then you're out. What about 600 days before that? That's just laziness.

jee1shi 6y ago
The system is very difficult to navigate: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-i-became-us-citizen-through-naturalization-h1b-visa-2020-6 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-i-became-us-citizen-t...
svrma 6y ago
Please consider doing basic research before being very critical. The wait time for Indian and Chinese born H1B immigrants to get a Green Card (permanent residency) is almost two decades. Hence, it is indeed not possible for the author (India born) to have a Green Card/Citizenship in a span of a decade as a H1B holder.
vinnrex 6y ago
Yes. The immigration system in the US is complicated. There's a diversity quota based on the nation you were born in and there's a lottery involved. The other way is the Employment-Based Green Card. For a person like the OP who is of Indian origin, they are unable to go through the diversity based lottery and have to go through the employment based one. Depending on the subcategory you apply in, your wait times could be as long as 10 years. On a personal note, my opinion is that the US immigration also places too much importance on the nation of origin. In my case for example, I've spent over 20 years of my life in Canada and am a Canadian Citizen, but if I wanted to immigrate to the US, my nation of origin (where I was born) would be the deciding factor on what category I could apply to.
krishnanvs 6y ago
Based on the name I am assuming that Op is from India. For Indians it is not laziness but the fact that the current waiting time to get a greencard, which is basically permanent residency and the right to stay in the US for over 60 days after you loose a job, is over 100 years right now - yup over a century, not 10 or 15 years which was the case till 2015. This is primarily due to a large number of Indians applying for greencards and the rule that only a certain number of people per country can be awarded one. My friends and colleagues from India who have spend their entire adult lives in the USA and now reaching their early thirties have still not yet gotten their residency - let alone citizenship. It was one of the major reasons for me, as an Indian, to leave the US and come back to India - there was no way to get permanent residency within a reasonable timeframe.
wobbly_bush 6y ago
> What about 600 days before that? That's just laziness Your mind will be blown when you read up about the actual immigration process.
manuelabeledo 6y ago
It takes years to be even considered. And for some nationals (Chinese, Indian), decades.

jee1shi 6y ago

The system is very difficult to navigate: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-i-became-us-citizen-through-naturalization-h1b-visa-2020-6 https://www.businessinsider.com.au/how-i-became-us-citizen-t...

svrma 6y ago

Please consider doing basic research before being very critical. The wait time for Indian and Chinese born H1B immigrants to get a Green Card (permanent residency) is almost two decades. Hence, it is indeed not possible for the author (India born) to have a Green Card/Citizenship in a span of a decade as a H1B holder.

vinnrex 6y ago

Yes. The immigration system in the US is complicated. There's a diversity quota based on the nation you were born in and there's a lottery involved. The other way is the Employment-Based Green Card. For a person like the OP who is of Indian origin, they are unable to go through the diversity based lottery and have to go through the employment based one. Depending on the subcategory you apply in, your wait times could be as long as 10 years. On a personal note, my opinion is that the US immigration also places too much importance on the nation of origin. In my case for example, I've spent over 20 years of my life in Canada and am a Canadian Citizen, but if I wanted to immigrate to the US, my nation of origin (where I was born) would be the deciding factor on what category I could apply to.

krishnanvs 6y ago

Based on the name I am assuming that Op is from India. For Indians it is not laziness but the fact that the current waiting time to get a greencard, which is basically permanent residency and the right to stay in the US for over 60 days after you loose a job, is over 100 years right now - yup over a century, not 10 or 15 years which was the case till 2015. This is primarily due to a large number of Indians applying for greencards and the rule that only a certain number of people per country can be awarded one. My friends and colleagues from India who have spend their entire adult lives in the USA and now reaching their early thirties have still not yet gotten their residency - let alone citizenship. It was one of the major reasons for me, as an Indian, to leave the US and come back to India - there was no way to get permanent residency within a reasonable timeframe.

wobbly_bush 6y ago

> What about 600 days before that? That's just laziness Your mind will be blown when you read up about the actual immigration process.

manuelabeledo 6y ago

It takes years to be even considered. And for some nationals (Chinese, Indian), decades.