Does one's nationality really play a part?

[aleja 0]

My husband is Macedonian and we are going through "the process", lol. People have mentioned it might not take too long for him receive work authorization/green card because he's not from Central America.

I hope this doesn't offend anyone-I, myself, am Mexican-American and my own father was one of the people that mentioned it.

Thanks!

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Moved from Immigration News and Discussion to General Immigration Discussion as a more appropriate location for this topic as this is not about an immigration news story

Edited January 19, 2011 by Kathryn41

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Sure.

If you are from a "friendly" country, it's certainly easier to get an immigrant visa, then when coming from a . . . uhhh . . . "not so friendly" country, such as Iran or Afghanistan, or a high fraud country such as Nigeria. The employees who are working in the consulates are exposed to their respective countries, and they are human as well.

Just like people, the immigration world isn't black and white, but a mixture of many things involved.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

My husband is Macedonian and we are going through "the process", lol. People have mentioned it might not take too long for him receive work authorization/green card because he's not from Central America.

I hope this doesn't offend anyone-I, myself, am Mexican-American and my own father was one of the people that mentioned it.

Thanks!

It's nonsense. The consular process is more difficult in high fraud countries, but these are not restricted to South or Central America. My wife is from one of the highest fraud countries in the world, and it's nowhere near Central America. The amount of time it takes at the consulate is entirely dependent on their workload.

Once in the US, the processing time with USCIS depends mostly on the workload of the service center or local field office that's handling the case, and may be affected by additional background or security checks required for either the applicant or sponsor. The need for these additional checks may depend on the country the applicant is from, but North Africa and South Asia are more likely to be problems than Central America. There may also be factors in an individual case that can cause delays, but aside from the possibility of entry without inspection, these factors are no more likely in someone from Central America than anywhere else in the world.

The people who told you this have a perception that the "system" is prejudiced against Mexicans. They're wrong. They may see more immigration problems with Mexicans than any other immigrant group, but that's because there are more Mexicans in the US than any other immigrant group. I live in the San Francisco bay area, which has a very large Asian population. Many people around here seem to believe the system is biased against Asians, which also isn't true.