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My visa to green card journey: 7.5 years

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  • skinnylatte@hachyderm.ioundefined skinnylatte@hachyderm.io

    My visa to green card journey: 7.5 years

    Most people like me come to the United States on H-1Bs. Those cost 100K now (borne by employer).

    I am Singaporean so I always had an alternative (H-1B1). Those are shorter, non-immigrant intent, but much easier to obtain (I don’t know of any qualified Singaporean who has ever been rejected.. other than some Singaporeans born in China who are subject to more scrutiny)

    It was not easy to get new jobs on any visa between 2018 and 2024, and it’s even harder now.

    In 2024, I switched to an O-1 visa (person of extraordinary ability), and in 2025 I had two green cards approved (EB-1A and EB-2 NIW). I applied for my own EB-1A, that’s the only employment green card you can ‘self-petition’ without an employer.

    We arrived in Aug / Sept 2018, and received our physical green cards in March 2026.

    Based on friends and family’s experience, I knew in 2018 that I was working with a 10 year timeline to get it done, ideally.

    It required that I keep jobs for long enough (being laid off means you have to leave within 60 days, or file for a new visa within that time); have excellent immigration counsel (I always retained my own, separate from any employer-provided attorney, as I wanted someone who had my best interests).

    It was 7 years of paperwork, flights back ‘home’, doing everything right, and finally having enough money and executive function to sort it all out.

    yvantoh@mstdn.socialundefined

    @skinnylatte congratulations!!!

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