Immigrants have a longer wait than ever to get legal in the states. Applicants can expect wait times of almost a quarter century after they beginning the visa process in America.

Foreigners who want to move legally to the United States face waiting periods of up to 23 years, leading many frustrated would-be workers and families of US citizens to give up on the process and sneak in, according to government statistics and immigration specialists. 

Between 3 million and 4 million people around the world are waiting for green cards, papers that allow noncitizens to live and work permanently in the United States, according to Bill Strassberger, spokesman for US Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Worldwide, workers without extraordinary skills or special status, such as exceptional scientists or academics, wait an average of five years..

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