Any pending legislation to ease/speeden the process of bringing spouse to country?

[registrationid]

A friend of mine is planning to get married soon. He is a GC holder and his potential spouse might not have a GC. He had not added any dependant while making his 485 application.
- Will he be able to get his spouse easily or is there still a very long wait for such application?
- Will the spouse's application be considered under the "family based" category?
- Is there any pending legislation to ease and speeden the process of bringing a non-GC spouse to US AFTER getting one's green card?

Sorry for asking these questions that mayhave been asked before by others.
Thanks

 

[Explorer19]

I too am in the same boat. Looking for answers

 

[AmericanWannabe]

How many of you would not have been able to find a woman to marry
if you had not go back to old home country?

It seems more males professional get GC than females.

 

[TheRealCanadian]

Will he be able to get his spouse easily or is there still a very long wait for such application? Will the spouse's application be considered under the "family based" category?

The spouse will be FB2, so ~5 year wait.

Is there any pending legislation to ease and speeden the process of bringing a non-GC spouse to US AFTER getting one's green card?

No.

 

[pralay]

- Will he be able to get his spouse easily or is there still a very long wait for such application?

Yes, it's long wait (unless she can come in her own with a dual-intent visa).

- Will the spouse's application be considered under the "family based" category?

Yes, it will be family-based consular processing.

- Is there any pending legislation to ease and speeden the process of bringing a non-GC spouse to US AFTER getting one's green card?

Not that I know if. In fact for a long time immigration communities are trying to remove that pain, but haven't succeeded yet.