And as a “fun” fact, it takes only minutes to adjudicate applications.
As an example, “According to USCIS, it takes
97.8 minutes to adjudicate an I‑485. It takes 15 minutes to process an advance parole document and 12 minutes to adjudicate an EAD”.
Processing times for EAD is 8-13 months, AP is 9-15 months and in some cases it takes up to 2 years for I-485. So there’s that
source: https://www.cato.org/blog/eight-ideas-speed-green-card-processing