Article on how backlogs affect GC seakers

[Bobsmyth]

Good article on how backlogs affect those trying to get GC:

http://www.newsobserver.com/1154/story/768394.html

 

[newuscitizen]

I personally feel that lot of this is not true.

"According to the government's estimate, he faces another seven years in line"

Also in terms of fee hike N400 fees were increased by 55 percent while other categories like I-485 did not increase that much.

 

[brb2]

How did you get your greencard? Was it through your own employment based petition or was it sponsorship through your spouse or some other category such as refugee?

If it was EB based petition, you would have realized that there is something called "retrogression". Currently for an Engineer filing under EB3 (born in Mexico or India) the PD is April 2001. Well that is over 6.5 years. It does not mean the dates will not retrogress further. If you would like to see the current PDs, here is the link:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/bulletin/bulletin_3827.html

I personally feel that lot of this is not true.

"According to the government's estimate, he faces another seven years in line"
Also in terms of fee hike N400 fees were increased by 55 percent while other categories like I-485 did not increase that much.