America's insane legal immigration process from someone doing it now - needs changes

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4. And the forms and instructions are confusing. Make even the slightest mistake? 3 months to accept an

updated form.

Even worse, the system rewards those who sidestep the process and manage to come on a tourist visa (who can blame them?). If you adjust status in the states you can't work but your family does not get separated while you process.

You can be married for 20 years to a non national and work in Germany. When you decide to come back to the US with your family the system will separate you (unless you are wealthy you have to find work here first, even as a citizen). At this time it is taking 1-2 years to process which means you will be separated from your spouse and children while you wait, while others that come a tourist visa are in the exact same queue with the exact same priority. The system does not give priority to separated families: So much for "family values".

Big corporations get a completely different track and have special "expedite" options they can pay for. They can have an employee through the immigration process in less than 3 months. And get this: A foreigner who came over on an H1-B or similar only has a 3 month wait for their spouse and children. So American families get the shaft but someone who is not even a citizen yet gets their family fast tracked.

If that is not fucked up I don't know what is.