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> Of course, if you are Indian or Chinese, add years or decades to the above.

My understanding (I have always been a citizen of the US) is that the processing time to get a green card if you are Indian is so long it might as well not be an option.

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Back log is roughly 1.5 million. Indians get 7% of the 140,000 employment based green cards each year plus any run off.

It’ll never clear without reform.

The H1B system is so unkind. We invite people into our country, only to trap them with a particular employer with the constant threat of losing work authorization. Then we don’t even lay down specific rules on how one can get out of this situation.

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