Re:DHS weighs major change to H-1B foreign tech worker visa ...
by uiri on Sunday December 31, 2017 @03:19PM
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Employment based applications are current for people from most countries. The big exceptions are Chinese, Filipino and Indian immigrants.
There is a 2-3 year wait for 4th category Mexicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, and Hondurans. Given the possible qualifications for this category, I suspect that these are mostly immigrants subject to child abuse, neglect or abandonment within the US.
Immediate relatives (spouses and minor children) of US citizens can always get a green card. I think that this process is fairly quick.
The family based process looks much more backlogged. If you're a brother, sister, or married (adult?) child of a US citizen, you will be stuck waiting for at least a decade. If you're an unmarried adult child of a US citizen or green card holder, you're looking at a 5-6 year wait unless you're Filipino (10+ year wait) or Mexican (20+ year wait). If you're the spouse of a green card holder, the wait is "only" 1-2 years.
There is a 2-3 year wait for 4th category Mexicans, Guatemalans, Salvadorans, and Hondurans. Given the possible qualifications for this category, I suspect that these are mostly immigrants subject to child abuse, neglect or abandonment within the US.
Immediate relatives (spouses and minor children) of US citizens can always get a green card. I think that this process is fairly quick.
The family based process looks much more backlogged. If you're a brother, sister, or married (adult?) child of a US citizen, you will be stuck waiting for at least a decade. If you're an unmarried adult child of a US citizen or green card holder, you're looking at a 5-6 year wait unless you're Filipino (10+ year wait) or Mexican (20+ year wait). If you're the spouse of a green card holder, the wait is "only" 1-2 years.
https://www.uscis.gov/visabulletin-jan-18
https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/immediate-relative-us-citize...