The National Security Agencies includes National counterterrorism center, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and department of Justice.
National Scurity will check the past immigration violations, criminal violations, connections to"bad actors" , double-check background information.
Homeland Scurity will review the screening results after National Security check the information. It takes more steps: In-person interview, fingerprints collected, fingerprints run through databases. They makes the final decision on the national scurity.
And there are more additional security screening in the U.S.
Overall wait time: 2 years.
Once in the U.S. refugee eligible for Medicaid, U.S. permanent residency, and work.