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Post by QuickSilver on Jun 19, 2018 6:34:41 GMT -5
I took it as a person living in this country. Not in the military over 18 born in the USA. NKat With this, I should of already been a citizen. If you born in the USA, you already were a citizen. Try taking it as if you were born elsewhere. and not currently in the USA under a visa or other program... plus.. not having served in the US military.. You will NOT be allowed to immigrate. You can apply for a spot in the visa lottery.. but that's about it.. no guarantee.. So anyone telling the undocumented immigrants to "get in line" and go through legal channels is blowing smoke... There IS NO LINE... there are very limited legal channels.
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Post by butterfly on Jun 20, 2018 0:43:49 GMT -5
If you born in the USA, you already were a citizen. Try taking it as if you were born elsewhere. and not currently in the USA under a visa or other program... plus.. not having served in the US military.. You will NOT be allowed to immigrate. You can apply for a spot in the visa lottery.. but that's about it.. no guarantee.. So anyone telling the undocumented immigrants to "get in line" and go through legal channels is blowing smoke... There IS NO LINE... there are very limited legal channels.
Yes, there area very limited legal channels. But actually, there is a huge line of applicants who have submitted paperwork.
Here's what the Centers for Immigration Studies says:
"More than 4.4 million people are on the legal immigrant visa waiting list according to the State Department's annual tally. That is 100,085 more people waiting for legal immigrant visas than at the same time last year. Ninety-eight percent of those waiting have been sponsored by a family member in the United States.
The people on this waiting list have shown that they have a qualifying family relationship or that they have been sponsored by a qualifying employer. The list does not include those who are already in the United States waiting to adjust from a legal temporary status to a green card. The waiting lists are needed because of annual limits on the number of immigrants that can be admitted in certain family and employment categories, and because of caps on the number who can come from each country. Table 1 shows the number of applicants waiting by country, as of November 2014.
Table 1. Immigrant Waiting List By Country Country Applicants Mexico 1,323,978 Philippines 428,765 India 323,089 Vietnam 259,030 China, Mainland-Born 243,440 Dominican Republic 197,351 Bangladesh 170,739 Cuba 122,088 Haiti 117,489 Pakistan 116,766 El Salvador 77,301 Jamaica 58,984 South Korea 53,360 Peru 52,284 Colombia 51,154 Iran 50,326 All Others 776,516 Worldwide Total 4,422,660
The waiting list should not be confused with the processing backlogs, which represent the length of time it takes for USCIS to adjudicate each application or petition. The waiting lists occur because the demand for green cards exceeds the limits enacted by Congress to regulate the level of immigration; the processing backlogs occur because USCIS has not effectively managed the huge volume of applications from people seeking immigration benefits. For example, it has taken more than 16 months to process the application for the wife and children of U.S. citizen Jimmy Gugliotta (there are no numerical limits for spouses and minor children of citizens), largely because USCIS has diverted staff to processing deferred action and work permits for illegal aliens covered in the president's controversial executive actions.
The waiting times in the family categories range from 19 months to 33 years. The waits in the employment categories range from none to just over 11 years. The law allows for an unlimited number of immigrants who are the spouse, child, or parent of an adult U.S. citizen, so there is no waiting list in that category (although there is a processing time of five months for the initial petition plus additional months for the application itself to be reviewed).
More than half of the waiting list is comprised of about 2.5 million people who have been sponsored by a sibling who is a U.S. citizen (see Figure 1). These applicants must wait at least 13 years for their application to be adjudicated. The largest number (30 percent) are citizens of Mexico, and the wait for them is just over 18 years."
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