Immigration Service Announces Reduces Visa Wait Times

RI Immigration Attorney John MacDonald suggests hiring a competent immigration attorney to assist you with your naturalization paperwork and process, but found the following article about Visa wait times encouraging for visitors to the United States who decide they would like to stay.

Visa wait times greatly reduced

Dec 08, 2010

The Immigration and Naturalization Service has just announced that legal U.S. immigrants will now have a shorter wait time if they plan to secure a Visa for a spouse or a child.

INS says for the past 5 years it has taken an average of 6 to 8 years for legal U.S. residents with green cards to be able to complete the process of securing a green card for family members.

Now the process can take as little as 8 to 10 months.

INS says part of the reason is that they have been receiving fewer applications, so the paperwork that is received can be processed faster.

Advances in technology have also helped INS become more efficient.


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