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Originally Posted by Boozer
Would someone who wants to get into the country file an N-400? I'm not up on immigration law, but I'm guessing most illegal workers would probably try to be legally admitted on a non-immigrant basis, not on a naturalization track.
Also, what's the probability that a manual laborer in Mexico would be granted a visa for permanent residence? I don't think it's the cost that's keeping them out (many pay very high amounts to be smuggled in), it's that their applications would either be extremely delayed or denied.
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When we did it, you had to apply for residency, get a green card and then after seven years of legal residency, you could apply for naturalization. I don't know if that has changed.
Back then, the numbers were limited per country of origin. We had to wait for two years to be granted residency.