[hardtke]

Isn't the long wait due to the arbitrary cap of something like 50K GC/country/year. Seems like Congress should just fix that as part of comprehensive immigration reform.

[wobbly_bush]

If you are interested to read more, this page talks about the current efforts to fix the cap and the politics surrounding it (reverse chronological order) - https://redbus2us.com/s386-hr1044-green-card-bills-latest-ne...

[outworlder]

That's the reason for the wait, yes. Even EB3 is current provided you are not originally from two specific countries.