Pop Quiz: Visa Wait Times

by Dave Bennion · 2009-01-14 08:00:00 UTC
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Q: What is the current wait time for the brother or sister of an adult U.S. citizen to immigrate to the U.S. from the Philippines?

Answer below the fold.

A: 22 years, 8 months.  Current wait times for specific categories of family and employment-based immigration are posted each month in the State Department Visa Bulletin.  Since the per-country limit for immigrants in these categories is set at 7% of the total annual numbers, certain countries with historically high levels of immigration to the U.S. (Mexico, India, China, the Philippines) have very long wait times.

Dave Bennion
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