Is US becoming cheaper?

[ehtasab]

Re: Is US becoming cheaper?

@JayR

I once visited the US Consulate at Lahore at 1:30 or 2 pm. There was only one conoff behind the desk behind the windows, and a room full of people, sitting very orderly and quietly. I took a seat. After 30 or 45 minutes when nothing happened. I asked the man sitting next to me how long he had been waiting. He told me he’d been waiting since the consulate openned that morning. I asked him if he was a US citizen. He said yes. I got up and left.

If petitioner lacks on legal requirements, visa petition is denied by the USCIS. If beneficiary lacks on legal requirements, visa application is denied by consulate. There’s a third “screw the taxpayer” catagory where petitions are returned for “administrative review”. 90% of these returned petitions do not match the legal criteria for return.

What does all this has to do anything with incomes, taxes, real estate etc.?