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"The current line is 7-9 years long."

Only if you are on a low-priority employment-based visa and are Indian or Chinese born (i.e. waiting for priority date to become current). The process is still much too long though, even in other cases.

Not that I want to defend the US immigration and employment visa processes. Far from it. The system as it stands is completely and utterly broken. It turns away many of the very people the nation needs to keep its competitive edge in the world.

Realistically though, it will be quite some time before any politician will be willing - or even able - to show the kind of leadership that is necessary to tackle immigration issues, regardless of the merits of doing so.




I think EB-3 is "normal" priority. The Indian/Chinese EB-3 backlog is 9 years. The current "rest of the world" EB-3 backlog is a little over 7 years. See http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_4659.htm....




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