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Re: swiss-list: Immigration question: Change of residency status

From: Stephan Gehring <click for textversion of email address >
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 1999 08:42:23 -0800
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The last I heard (10/99) is that *after* your I-140 is approved

1. overseas processing takes 5-12 months depending on the embassy
2. adjustment of status (us-based processing) takes up to 24 months
(California)

No, I don't have any experience (yet) on the final stage.

--Stephan

At 11/4/99 10:23 AM, Davide Guarisco wrote:
>Hi,
> I (that is, my employer...) am about to apply for a green card.
> To change residency status, I have a choice of:
>
>1. Consular office processing. I-140 is filed with INS. INS forwards the
>file to the consular office (procesing time unclear). Consular office
>schedules interview (processing time unclear).
>
>2. US-based processing. Currently, it could take up to 2 years (!?)
>
>Has anyone had experience in how the consular processing works and how
>long those "unclear" processing times are?
>
>Any help greatly appreciated.
>
> Davide
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>Davide Guarisco, PhD
>Maxtor Advanced Technology
>530 Cottonwood Dr.
>Milpitas, CA 95035
>Phone: (408) 432-4131. Fax: (408) 432-4692.
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>when you make it again.
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