why would your comment be downvoted? do downvoters think you are lying, or do they think its a good thing that green cards take so long? what you say is correc

why would your comment be downvoted? do downvoters think you are lying, or do they think its a good thing that green cards take so long? what you say is correct. as a green card holder myself i can attest to both my initial approval period (3.5 years) and also the renewal period (2 years) being onerously long, and at times, having a particularly deleterious effect on my life. look, i can understand the initial approval taking a long time. they have a lot of stuff to check. but i applied for the renewal a full 18 months before my GC's expiration date (because i knew they took a looong time) and i received the card a full 2 years after my renewal + bio was accepted in the system, i.e. six months after my GC expired.