How long it takes to get a GC

[ayyubov]

Hi. I applied for status adjustment in may 2003. How long will it take them to get me a green card? My status is asylee.
Thank you.

 

[LolaLi]

Hello -

This has been discussed extensively on this forum. I would suggest you do some searches and read all the previous threads as they are very imformative.

To answer your question - here is the approximation made by CIS. Note - this is only an estimate and timeframes may be longer than listed.

Adjustment of Status for Asylees

By law, only 10,000 asylees can adjust status to Lawful Permanent Resident per year; however, USCIS is receiving between 15,700 and 28,200 applications per year. As a result, as of March 1, 2004, approximately 160,000 asylee adjustment applications were pending. We anticipate that we will process pending applications according to the following schedule:
Date Received (Mail Date) Timeframe to be Processed
Jan. 28, 1993-Nov. 16, 1999 Oct. 1, 2003-Sept. 30, 2004
Nov. 17, 1999-May 12, 2000 Oct. 1, 2004-Sept. 30, 2005
May 13, 2000-Nov. 6, 2000 Oct. 1, 2005-Sept. 30, 2006
Nov. 7, 2000-April 23, 2001 Oct. 1, 2006-Sept. 30, 2007
April 24, 2001-Aug. 31, 2001 Oct. 1, 2007-Sept. 30, 2008
Sep. 1, 2001-Jan. 17, 2002 Oct. 1, 2008-Sept. 30, 2009
Jan. 18, 2002-May 9, 2002 Oct. 1, 2009-Sept. 30, 2010
May 10, 2002-Aug. 19, 2002 Oct. 1, 2010-Sept. 30, 2011
Aug. 20, 2002-Dec. 12, 2002 Oct. 1, 2011-Sept. 30, 2012
Dec. 13, 2002-April 14, 2003 Oct. 1, 2012-Sept. 30, 2013
April 15, 2003-Aug. 4, 2003 Oct. 1, 2013-Sept. 30, 2014
Aug. 5, 2003-Dec. 8, 2003 Oct. 1, 2014-Sept. 30, 2015

http://uscis.gov/graphics/fieldoffices/nebraska/asyleeadj.htm

 

[ayyubov]

Yeah, I've seen that one. Thanks anyway. This is not fair. I hope the Government will do something about it.