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Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by pstrateman on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @07:41PM (#24703765)
The program that allows anybody to apply for residence is called Express Entry.

They offer something like 4200 positions every 2 weeks, or about 100k per year.

My understanding is that unless you're at the very top of the list (it's score based) you're likely to be waiting a long time.

Edit: For example the last drawing required you have a score of 471 or above. A 28 year old Indian person with a CS degree and 6 years of job experience who has perfect English scores would only have 441 points.

Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by Izikiel43 on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @09:53PM (#24704531)
You also have provincial programs which have different/maybe more lax requirements than express entry. Once you get PR, citizenship is just 3 years away.
Re:Trump administration announces overhaul of H1B visa progr... by digianarchist on Wednesday October 07, 2020 @01:49AM (#24705638)
4 years effectively. It takes almost 12 months to process the citizenship application.