Do people get approved faster based on what country they are from?

digitalbuda · 08-22-2013, 09:54 PM

According to #2 in this report http://www.brookings.edu/research/re...gration-singer : it says

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2. The vast majority of applicants were born in Mexico, and 25 other countries of birth have over 1,000 applications.

The Brookings FOIA data show that DACA applicants were born in 192 countries, and that there are 25 countries with at least 1,000 applicants who together accounted for over 96 percent of all applicants. In total, 74.9 percent of applicants were born in Mexico, followed by El Salvador (4.0 percent), Honduras (2.7 percent), Guatemala (2.5 percent), South Korea (1.5 percent), Peru (1.4 percent), Brazil (1.2 percent), Colombia (1.1 percent), Ecuador (1.0) and Philippines (0.7).

Regionally, Central Americans comprised 10 percent of the total, South Americans were 7 percent, Asians made up 4 percent, Caribbeans were 2 percent of the total, and those from all other countries made up the remaining 2 percent.

While 57 percent of applications had been approved through March 22, 2013, approvals vary widely by country of birth.4 Among countries with large numbers of applications and higher-than-average approvals are South Korea, Philippines, Peru, India, Argentina, Ecuador, Colombia and Brazil. Fifty-seven (57) percent of applicants born in Mexico have been approved. Applicants from Jamaica, Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Venezuela have been approved at lower-than-average rates.

Countries with low approval rates had median dates of approval in early 2013, indicating that many applications are likely still pending while still more are being submitted. The Brookings FOIA data conclude in March 2013; analysis of the applications at a later date may point to a higher approval rate.

Of particular note is the lack of Asian applicants, relative to expectations. Estimates from IPC show approximately 6 percent of potentially eligible applicants are from Asian countries, while the Brookings FOIA data show that they make up only 4 percent of applicants. Comparing other regions, Mexican applicants are somewhat overrepresented, Caribbean and other North American applicants are slightly underrepresented, and applicants from the rest of the world are on par with IPC estimates.

To me it sounds like people get approved faster than others based on where they were born. At least that's how I interpret it. What do you think? Is this the reason some people get approved much faster than others?

Cali_Meheecan · 08-23-2013, 01:30 AM

took 2 months for me and I'm Mexican.

Frank Knight · 08-23-2013, 02:29 AM

Too many variables to be sure. I suspect it matters more whether you are a EWI or visa overstay.

g33k · 08-23-2013, 04:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Frank Knight

Too many variables to be sure. I suspect it matters more whether you are a EWI or visa overstay.

I don't think so. I am EWI and Mexican. It only took like a month and a half to get my approval. I also have a very common name. I would say too common.

compedude29 · 08-24-2013, 06:50 PM

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Originally Posted by g33k

I don't think so. I am EWI and Mexican. It only took like a month and a half to get my approval. I also have a very common name. I would say too common.

Same here for everything you said. I believe it has to do with criminal history as to how fast to be approved.

Malign0n · 08-24-2013, 11:48 PM

They check your evidence. They check your criminal history. They check your name. Then they make their decision.

Checking evidence doesn't take much time. Checking your criminal history depends on how quickly it comes back. And checking your name could take a day or a few weeks depending if your name happens to coincide with known criminals or what-not.

Factor in the Federal Bureaucracy of sending in papers. Stacking. Unstacking. Checking. Double Checking. Losing it in other stacks. Signing-off and resending to a higher level adjudicating officer. Then sending the approval letters and making the cards. It all adds up.

TexanJose · 08-26-2013, 12:22 PM

There are many factors. They should've included age, if they had any criminal record, marital status, if they have kids (yes, I'm still paranoid about that), and so on. However, in 'less desirable' countries, approvals are less, like Venezuela, makes you think.

Sgt.Peppers · 08-26-2013, 01:53 PM

I know a couple of Venezuelans and they live a more than decent life, a lot of them are wealthy and prepared, unlike a lot of Citizens from Central American Countries, no offense to anyone.

TexanJose · 08-26-2013, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sgt.Peppers

I know a couple of Venezuelans and they live a more than decent life, a lot of them are wealthy and prepared, unlike a lot of Citizens from Central American Countries, no offense to anyone.

Let's not start to talk about socialism and education...

Sgt.Peppers · 08-26-2013, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TexanJose

Let's not start to talk about socialism and education...

Socialism or not lol and anyways a lot of those Central and South American countries lean more towards Socialism but claim they are "Democratic" as a disguise.

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Do people get approved faster based on what country they are from?