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The wait for a greencard can be decades if you are from India and you are only allowed to work for H1B employers during that time. Even the wait for I-140 appro
by lazyasciiart 6y ago
The wait for a greencard can be decades if you are from India and you are only allowed to work for H1B employers during that time. Even the wait for I-140 approval is unpredictable, because the USCIS doesn't have any need to approve it far ahead of your priority date becoming current - it can be years, and you can't change jobs in that period.
https://www.cato.org/blog/150-year-wait-indian-immigrants-advanced-degrees https://www.cato.org/blog/150-year-wait-indian-immigrants-ad...
https://qz.com/india/1828970/over-200000-indians-could-die-waiting-for-a-us-green-card/ https://qz.com/india/1828970/over-200000-indians-could-die-w...
- ra7 6y ago> Even the wait for I-140 approval is unpredictable Yes, but you have the option of premium processing for I-140 and I think the benefits far outweigh the cost in this case.
- nrmitchi 6y agoIIRC the premium processing still isn't a guarantee. If you pay it, and you don't get it within the 14 day period, you just get the premium processing fee back.
- ra7 6y agoIt's not a guarantee, it's just expedited processing. You get to know the decision in two weeks instead of an unknown wait time.
- nrmitchi 6y agoI didn't mean "it's not a guarantee to be accepted", I meant "you're not guaranteed to know the decision in two weeks". You can pay for premium processing, and not get a decision within two weeks. In that case, you just get the premium processing fee back, and have an unknown wait time still.
- lazyasciiart 6y agoI'm not sure how it is decided but sometimes premium processing isn't available.
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