Employment-based Backlog to Double by 2030

According to a latest US Congressional report, employment-based backlog for legal permanent US residency is expected to double by 2030 and Indians will have to wait for decades for the coveted Green Card. A Green Card allows a non-US citizen to live and work permanently in America.

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  • Indian IT professionals, most of whom are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on the H-1B work visas, are the worst sufferers of the current immigration system which imposes a seven per cent per country quota on allotment of the Green Card.
  • The Congressional Research Service (CRS) report said that ....
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