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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by paxys on Thursday July 18, 2019 @05:22PM (#20474037)
Six years would be a blessing. Most people I know have been waiting 10 years or longer. The green card queue for the vast majority of applicants today is essentially infinite, even if you stay in the same job at the same company.
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by dudul on Thursday July 18, 2019 @06:47PM (#20474700)
Isn't it only true for applicants from India and China? As far as I know (and I may be mistaken, this is just what my immigration lawyer told me a while ago) for all other countries it's not that bad, rarely passed a few years.
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by paxys on Thursday July 18, 2019 @07:05PM (#20474836)
India, China, Mexico, Philippines and a few others. But the vast majority of the applicants are from these countries.
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by copperx on Thursday July 18, 2019 @08:54PM (#20475380)
I didn't think Mexico was in the list. A friend from Mexico got a GC after 3 years on an H1B.
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by dudul on Thursday July 18, 2019 @07:11PM (#20474879)
But that's because there is a per-country yearly cap. I just think it may not be wise to make blanket statements like "it takes 22 years to get a GC!" while this is only true for half a dozen of nationalities.
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by paxys on Thursday July 18, 2019 @08:02PM (#20475141)
If 95% of the applicants are going to wait that long then how is it not an accurate statement?
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Re:H-1B: Federal judge backs government’s narrower view of ‘... by gumby on Thursday July 18, 2019 @08:26PM (#20475255)
My German wife waited 7 years for her GC.
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