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Process for the GC

Hi there,

Does anybody know about current processing times to obtain the GC? As far as I understand, once you get in the country with H1B, if you want permanent residency, you apply for I140 and then for I485? Once you have the I485 approved (how log does it take?) it's just a matter of around 6 months to get your GC? Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Also, is there any factor to speed up this process? I mean, does the state in which you are have any influence on the speed of the process? The kind of employer? Can certain companies make your life a missery while you wait for the GC? (Are big ones better than small? Is academia better than industry?)

Also I heard that by Spring 2005 the government was going to apply some new system to speed up the process. I'm not very sure what it was about. Does anybody know something about it?

I'd really appreciate any comments. Thanks a lot.
 
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