The process may be a bit longer than it should be, and more of a PITA. My friends Grandparents are from Poland and started to try to come here right after the Soviet Union fell apart. It took them 12 years to sort it all out.

But look at it this way; my ancestors came here on crappy little wooden boats after Europe told them to get the F out, they had to hack a farm and village out of the woods, while trying not to starve and piss of the local Indians. So the first generation has to suffer a bit to get to the promised land. I rather put up with some BS and pay a fee, than live a brutal life and die at 40.

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