FACT CHECK · LAND AND MIGRATION: WHO CAME FROM WHERE, AND 1948
Claim: It takes a decade to get your papers
TRUETHE ANSWER
For some, longer. A sibling sponsored from Mexico waits 22+ years, from the Philippines 20+. Family waitlist: 3.7 million+ (2020); the average wait to apply was ~5 years 8 months (2019).
SOURCE
FWD.us, family-based backlogs; Dallas Morning News
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