Green Card Issuance Duration Statistics

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"In 2019, the U.S. issued more than 1 million green cards (BBC)"

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"The average processing time for a green card is between 7 to 33 months (Immigration Direct)"

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"The Biotic Environment visa type processing time for a green card has the longest wait with an estimated 46 months (USCIS)"

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"India had the longest average wait time for a green card in 2020, with more than 195,000 applicants waiting for more than a decade (Cato Institute)"

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"Of green cards issued in 2018, 69.3% were done so on the basis of family ties (Department of Homeland Security)"

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"In 2019, the average time for processing a green card application was 10.3 months (Boundless)"

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"In 2019, 45% of green cards were issued to people already living in the U.S (Pew Research Center)"

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"As of 2019, the Employment-based preference three (EB-3) green card category took the longest to process with an average processing time of 61 to 75 months (USCIS)"

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"Family-sponsored preferences (F1, F2A, F2B, F3, F4) typically take between 1 year and 11.5 years to process (USCIS)"

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"In 2019, the U.S issued 139,000 employment-based Green Cards (U.S Department of State)"

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"As per the Diversity Visa Program, 55,000 Green Cards are made available annually (U.S Department of State)"

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"In 2020, the average processing time for an I-140 Immigrant Petition was between 4 and 8 months (USCIS)"

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"Every year, around 140,000 employment-based immigrant visas are made available to qualified applicants (U.S. Department of State)"

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"The number of green cards issued for those seeking security and protection has historically been about 5% (U.S Department of Homeland Security)"

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"The USCIS in 2021 estimated that an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen could expect to wait about 12 months for a green card (USCIS)"

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"In 2019, 22.5% of all green cards were given to Mexican nationals (Pew Research Center)"

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"The USCIS estimated in 2020 that an investor (EB-5) immigrant could expect to wait anywhere from 61 months to 76.5 months for a green card (USCIS)"

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"Based on data from 2016 to 2020, the number of green cards given out annually is decreasing, with only 843,593 given out in 2019 (U.S Department of Homeland Security)"