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re: Why should illegal immigrants have a faster path to citizenship than legal ones?
Posted on 1/26/18 at 12:11 am to Bourre
Posted on 1/26/18 at 12:11 am to Bourre
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How long does it take to gain legal citizenship?
The hard part is getting the green card. Once a green card is earned, you have to have that status for 5 years before being eligible for citizenship. For some categories and nationalities it can take less than 2 years to obtain the green card. For others (Indian national in the employment based sponsorship category), it can take 10+ years. For the employment based sponsorship categories, you have to have an employer sponsor you. Some employers have a policy of not sponsoring until you've worked on a work visa for 3-5 years. So you are really dependent on whether or not your employer is willing to sponsor you. In my case as a Canadian national in the employment based category, I worked 4 years on a work visa before my 3rd employer started the paperwork for my application. Once the first set of paperwork was submitted, it took around 2 years to get my green card. I'm still accruing towards the 5 years. The two most common paths to a green card are the employment and family sponsorship paths. There are other paths (i.e. Asylum seekers and visa lottery path), so I'm guessing they'll have to create another path for DACA recipients.
This post was edited on 1/26/18 at 12:12 am
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Posted on 1/26/18 at 12:13 am to SoulGlo
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Once you have a green card, you have to wait 10 years to APPLY for citizenship IF you jump through all the hoops perfectly.
I don't think this is accurate.
USCIS Website
Posted on 1/26/18 at 12:17 am to ewdij
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I was on the student visa for the first six years. Since then I've been waiting for a green card for the last 9 years and there is no end in sight
Do they still forbid you go leave the country while you're waiting for the Visa change? My wife couldn't go home while waiting for the Green card.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 12:20 am to SoulGlo
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Do they still forbid you go leave the country while you're waiting for the Visa change? My wife couldn't go home while waiting for the Green card.
You can apply for an Advance Parole document (now it comes in an EAD/AP combo card). Normally, leaving the country results in abandonment of application. The Advance Parole allows you to leave the country without abandoning your application.
This post was edited on 1/26/18 at 12:21 am
Posted on 1/26/18 at 12:29 am to SoulGlo
Military service is the only way to speed it up IMO.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 7:48 am to SoulGlo
The stage you are talking about ... After I485 approval, I am not even there yet. You can travel if you get advanced parole and most Indians who have i485 arrived are getting that. But people tent too travel less internationally as you don't want to take any chances.
Posted on 1/26/18 at 7:56 am to SoulGlo
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And how the hell are you MAGAs on board with it?
We're not
Posted on 1/26/18 at 7:59 am to SoulGlo
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Why should illegal immigrants have a faster path to citizenship than legal ones?
Illegals should have no path to citizenship. None. No exceptions.
There may be some other options for them in order to build the wall, kill the lottery, and end chain migration but legal US citizenship shouldn't even be up for discussion.
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