F2b greencard based on childs country of birth rather than parent?

[priyankla]

Hello,

I am Indian (above 21 years) and my mother migrated to US in 2007 with a greencard. Since I was above 21, I could not join her and my brother and came to US subsequently on an F1 student visa. My question is- Since I am in the process of applying for a family based visa (F2b category for unmarried children above 21 years), and my country of birth is NOT India, but Mauritius (I was born in Mauritius where my family stayed for 20 years before migrating to India and then US), will my processing time be faster?

Or will I be put in the backlog queue for India? I've noticed that for family based greencards, country of birth is what is usually determines your case file. Will it benefit me?

Any experienced insight will be highly appreciated. Thank you

[pontevecchio]

The country of birth will not matter in your case. But there is a silver lining. If you get your Masters and then find a sponsor to file your GC and if it qualifies for EB2 there is no backlog for you as the country of birth kicks in for an Employment based GC.