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I recall hearing that the wait time for green card approval depends on the home country of the applicant. There were a lot of applicants from India when I talke
by canucker2016 3y ago
I recall hearing that the wait time for green card approval depends on the home country of the applicant. There were a lot of applicants from India when I talked with people who were getting a green card. So the wait for an Indian applicant was much longer than, say, an applicant from Canada.
Not sure what the wait times are now, but I doubt the USA has caught up on the Indian wait list, esp. during/after the pandemic.
- hinoki 3y agoIt’s by country of birth. So that applicant with the long wait could be from Canada if they were born in India.
- canucker2016 3y agoLooks like there's a small backlog for Mexico/Philippines, large backlog for China and even larger for India-born employment-based applicants. see https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin.html https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/v... and click on the latest bulletin. You'll probably want to look at the employment-based green card waiting list.
- junar 3y agoNote that if the country of birth is not explicity listed, such as Canada, the intending immigrant must use the column "All Chargeability Areas Except Those Listed". For example, a EB2 applicant born in Canada filing today would be backlogged because the date of filing is listed as 01JAN23.