For me the most difficult aspect of immigrating to this country was when I separated from my family. Especially from my son and mother they stayed there in The Dominican Republic. Another big problem for me was the language at first. Because when I came I live in Pennsylvania in 1991. In my neighborhood almost all spoke English and the big problem came out when I have to buy something. Only a few people in neighborhood spoke Spanish.
In my case deal with the Government agency was very normal part like any kind of process. Sometimes you have to wait a lot and others time you did a first. The delays in this kind of government agency are very common usually. Remember if you go to a doctor office you have to wait such as post office, social security office and many more offices.
To compare this kind of services in my country is hard to talk about that because the situation there is very critical. But if you have money you don’t have to worry a lot because the money you possibly will buy all you want to. You paid and you go home happy with all the documents in your hand over.