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Wait times: https://youtu.be/kRhZdmtw3Wg?t=516 https://youtu.be/kRhZdmtw3Wg?t=516 Somebody applying for PR on jan 1st 2009 (from india, for example), is just n
by chii 3y ago
Wait times: https://youtu.be/kRhZdmtw3Wg?t=516 https://youtu.be/kRhZdmtw3Wg?t=516
Somebody applying for PR on jan 1st 2009 (from india, for example), is just now able to receive their green card (in 2023). While the majority (~50%) of the wait is around 5-6 years, there's some 20-25% that have 10-19 years of wait times!
And because the quota system is nationality based, the more populous nations tend to have higher wait times.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoIt isn’t just the more populated countries. It is any country with a lot of emigration to the USA proportional to their own population. So India, China, Philippines, Mexico. China is at 4 years, Mexico and the Philippines are at 1.25 year, India is at 14 years. I agree it’s dumb and we shouldn’t do it that way, but India is a huge outlier under the current system.