Green card per country cap
How long it will take for Indian to get green card if per country cap is removed? Please note limited employment based green cards are issued every year. Assuming 140 applied today.
I pity the poor immigrant Whose strength is spent in vain Whose heaven is like Ironsides Whose tears are like rain Who eats but is not satisfied Who hears but does not see Who falls in love with wealth itself And turns his back on me
s/immigrant/amazon warehouse employee
It’s not happening. Such bills have been introduced in Congress multiple times in last few years. It never goes to floor for voting. Never will.
It passed house in 2012 with overwhelming majority 385 or something. It had 99 votes in senate and died because a senator had put hold. It didn't get time on floor because there were no other vehicles to attach the bill to, so required unanimous consent. Last few years 213 was introduced late 2 sessions ago. Last session, it was part of DHS bill, which would have passed had not Trump held it for the wall. The only solution to the backlog issue is legislation and given how the 3 pillars are structured, it's hard to get anything done. Also this bill was part of the comprehensive Immigration reform that passed senate in 2013(?) - (not sure about the year) and wasn't taken up in the house.
Point of correction, dhs bill was not even brought to a vote before the government shutdown. The republican house did pass a wall funding bill but it was not the Yoder bill. It's misdirection to say that dhs bill was on the verge of passing if not for the government shut down. The government shut down occurred after spending bills had expired and after even the Irish e-3 visa bill had passed. What stopped the dhs bill from getting passed before the shutdown? Or before the midterms? Or earlier in the year? Why did it go down to the wire if it had such a chance?
We should have per country cap for H1B, then so many Indians won't get stuck for so long. More than 80% H1b's goes to Indians.
Interesting idea. Why not based on the % of population of a country out of total world population. For example, if australia makes 1% of world population, it gets 1% of total h1 visas.
Yup. Let's give 80% green card to the Indians based on their population. Indians hire/promote themselves, they get much more advantage in getting jobs, from their fellow countrymen/friends. Without country cap, US will become another India. Let's make that happen.
Around 5 - 7 years , but unlikely it would happen soon