Lee pointed out a few days ago that “by the time we stretch this (backlogs) out to 2030, the 195-year backlog I mentioned a moment ago would be extended out to a 400- to 450-year backlog.”
The waiting time for green cards for Indians professionals stuck in the “awful, hellish green card backlog” could go up from the current 195 years to 450 years in ten years without a comprehensive reform of the immigration system, according to Republican US Senator Mike Lee, reported IANS.
Lee pointed out a few days ago that “by the time we stretch this (backlogs) out to 2030, the 195-year backlog I mentioned a moment ago would be extended out to a 400- to 450-year backlog”.
EB2 green cards are the permanent immigration visa leading to citizenship and meant for those with advanced degrees and EB3 for skilled and professional workers. The annual green card quota for India and most countries is about 26,000
He said that those filing for green cards “in 2020, the wait for an EB2 green card is not, in fact, 20 to 30 years for an Indian national. What is it, then? Is it 30? Is it 40, 50, 60? No, it is much longer than that. It is 195 years. This means that someone from India entering the backlog today would have to wait 195 years to receive an EB3 green card”.
EB2 green cards are the permanent immigration visa leading to citizenship and meant for those with advanced degrees and EB3 for skilled and professional workers. The annual green card quota for India and most countries is about 26,000.
Lee said that with such long wait times, the children would not be able to qualify for green cards in their lifetimes and, instead, a comprehensive reform was needed.
When children turn 21, they are no longer considered dependents and will lose their visa status based on their parents’ visas as well as their claim to a green card and the Protect Children of Immigrant Workers Act proposed by Democrat Senator Dick Durbin seeks to remedy this.
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