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Yes correct, Greencard is not tied to maintaining current employment or having a visa, its a separate process. I know ppl who came to USA for the first time on
by apwell23 3y ago
Yes correct, Greencard is not tied to maintaining current employment or having a visa, its a separate process. I know ppl who came to USA for the first time on a greencard. I was addressing the word "meanwhile" in your comment, i guess it technically possible that someone gets their greencard applied while they are on OPT/vistor visa/some other visa ect and then go through the h1b lottery.
just saw this.
> What else is wrong?
> And when they finally get PR/citizenship, their (now quite old) parents have no hope of receiving PR/citizenship
Family based greencards have current wait time of ~11months start to finish.
- danking00 3y agoThanks for all your comments thus far! I have an axe to grind with the US immigration system but it’s best to grind it on a stone of facts. Yeah, I was a bit loose with the parents situation. I made a general comment based on a specific circumstances. That’s my bad. To petition for parents you need to be a full citizen not simply a green card holder. That adds five years. For India-born folks, this practically puts their parents date over a decade away. Meanwhile those parents become elderly and live thousands of miles from their grand children. So, for a lot of folks who spent years pursuing PhDs and have Indian passports their parents might immigrate at ~seventy while they’re in their fifties. I dunno man, that’s fairly old. Their parents might not make it. I can’t edit the original post anymore, so your comment will have to serve as the correction.