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[*] posted on 1-31-2013 at 09:53 AM
FM3 in context


Having gone through the process to get my FM-3, thought it would be useful to put it in perspective by comparing it to the process of getting into the US. Here are two charts that may be interesting:

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http://immigrationroad.com/green-card/immigration-flowchart-...

http://reason.org/files/cb299f0134ca8bb75243c69caa92eea7.pdf
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[*] posted on 1-31-2013 at 10:29 AM


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Originally posted by jimcallard
Having gone through the process to get my FM-3, thought it would be useful to put it in perspective by comparing it to the process of getting into the US. Here are two charts that may be interesting:

See

http://immigrationroad.com/green-card/immigration-flowchart-...

http://reason.org/files/cb299f0134ca8bb75243c69caa92eea7.pdf


Since you don't have one for permanent residency in Mexico I thought I'd include this very complex flow chart:

APPLY>>>>> PAY FEE>>>>> GET IT (total time 2 to 6 weeks)




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[*] posted on 1-31-2013 at 10:34 AM


I guess I was very lucky in getting a US Permanent Resident Card for my Canadian wife. Just a little over 2 years and $2,000 including 2 trips to Juarez for health check and interviews.



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[*] posted on 1-31-2013 at 11:08 AM


Only takes 5-15 years, and they wonder why folks take the illegal route.
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[*] posted on 1-31-2013 at 03:04 PM


It's a fairly similar story for Canada, although improving in recent years:

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/times/perm/skilled-...

What's worse, some of the applications from 2008 and before, which had been waiting years, were cancelled in 2012 when they decided to retrospectively change the rules.

Australia processes most applications within a year or two, but family reunification (bringing in a parent) has an approximately 15 year queue (so many will die waiting). That's still better than some of the US family reunification quotas - some queues (including from Mexico) are decades long:
http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/01/04/wait-times-f...

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[*] posted on 1-31-2013 at 04:08 PM


I became a US citizen in about 1950...Even then it took some time. amonth or so of classes several interviews and the proud final swearing in....



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