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The time to process applications is indeed on the order of months. https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/
by unishark 6y ago
The time to process applications is indeed on the order of months.
https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt https://egov.uscis.gov/processing-times/historic-pt
I believe the I-140 is for employment-based green cards.
The long wait times are due to annual quotas by country, not slow handling of paperwork.
- kolmogorov 6y agoit is not only due to quotas. there is BS request for evidence as well as random changes. for example, they added some disease to the process (I believe gonorrhea or syphilis) and then the exam I took entering the process wasn't sufficient at the time they actually looked at the exam. then it took them a long time to send that notice, then I got the new exam and the clock started again adding around 6 months from the "we need you to test for a disease that can be easily treated if you had it" to the approval. this is with highly paid lawyer support.
- JAlexoid 6y agoEB immigrant visas take ages and then there's the archaic process of some poor schmuck sitting in an USCIS office asking the questions and checking boxes on a form that you submitted a second time...
- Florin_Andrei 6y agoFrom the p.o.v. of the person actually doing this, it takes years from the moment you apply to the moment you get the decision. This is what needs to change.