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Wang: US government has expanded leeway to deny incomplete applications
“The government now has far more leeway to both request more evidence from families who are applying for immigration, as well as deny applications that are incomplete or missing documents.”
Xiao Wang: U.S. Immigration Lawyer Count Has Grown 10x in 30 Years
“In the 30 years since I went through this journey, the only thing that has changed in this industry are that legal fees have gone up, and there are 10 times as many immigration lawyers in this country.”
Wang: Immigration lawyers multiplied tenfold in 30 years
“In the 30 years since I went through this journey, the only thing that has changed in this industry are that legal fees have gone up, and there are 10 times as many immigration lawyers in this country.”
Wang: US marriage green cards are a $200M market for Boundless
“So there are 400,000 marriage green card applications a year. We charge a 500 dollar fee for our service. So that means, yeah, this is a two hundred million dollar market”
Wang: Nine million eligible US residents lack information to naturalize
“There are nine million people who are eligible to naturalize And don't. And when they did a nationwide survey, they found that, like, over 60% was because they had no information about how to naturalize.”
Wang: 400,000 marriage green card applications are filed annually
“So there are 400,000 marriage green card applications a year.”
Wang: Over 60% of 9M eligible immigrants don't naturalize due to lack of information
“There are nine million people who are eligible to naturalize and don't, and when they did a nationwide survey, they found that, like, over 60% was because they had no information about how to naturalize, and that's, like, exactly what we did.”