People used to get their green cards within 1 years of applying 2 years ago. Now, we are in such a slow time that it doesn't get approved even after more than two years. It's bad luck

processing times went up. people still get their green cards but slower. hopefully with midterm election results can make USCIS to work more efficiently.

@Sam Sam it’s not bad luck. They intentionally do it. In 2024 their budget was $68 million with paper applications, in 2026 they have $112 million budget and AI processing.

@monsieur labul they’re holding it until new congress come so they can make a good deal on it. They have created so much backlog that I doubt it will be solved quickly.

@Mr. Dudu it’s so draining even mandamus aren’t working now days

@Mr. Dudu most of backlogs, almost 70-80% is EB1 and other types of cases, asylum based I-485 cases are less than 10% of the pending cases. You can look up USCIS latest Q4 data release on June.

@monsieur labul yes until mid September it was getting better. in the past month or so I rarely saw or heard people got their approval