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by diebeforei485 2329 days ago
EB-5 isn't too realistic either, considering the wait time between applying and actually receiving a green card is ~10 years.
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Can you clarify? The EB5 priority date for India is Sept-2018, so why would it take 10 years?

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/v...

The visa bulletin is useful for past applicants, but is not generally helpful for current or recent applicants. The question current applicants should ask is: if I apply today, when will I get my green card?

Last year, the State Department (which runs the bulletin and has all the numbers) said[1] 8.4 years for India EB-5 until visa number availability. It then takes around a year to actually get the physical green card. So, 10 years is a good estimate for someone applying today.

1. The last slide of https://iiusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/IIUSA-2019-EB5-...