I'm already here and the wait for just the interview to get my temporary green card is 18 months
I can't leave the country in that time either, unless it's a real emergency, then I have to pay money to apply for what they call 'advance parole(!)

good luck with your application...you're gonna need it!

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1993 320TE M104
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past:

1983 230E W123 M102
1994 E300D S124 OM606 (x2)
1967 250SE W108 M129
1972 280se 3.5 W108 M116
1980 280SE W116 M110
1980 350SE W116 M116
1992 300E W124 M103
1994 E280 W124 M104
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"music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business" -Pepys