Receiving a US green card brings special benefits for iernational applicas. But sometimes the waiting time to receive this happiness card and eer the land of dreams is so long that the applica may never see the color of this card. In this article, we will examine the time required to obtain a US green card for citizens of differe couries, including Indian citizens.
Indian workers have to wait 134 years to get US green card
The US governme’s annual cap on green card applications has resulted in the postponeme of 1.8 million applications, of which 1.1 million are for Indian citizens.
According to a new analysis by the libertarian think tank the Cato Institute, more than 400,000 Indian workers in the United States who hope to receive a green card through work and employme in the United States face a wait of about 134 years to receive this permit.
The US governme’s annual cap of 140,000 employme-based visas and a 7 perce cap per coury has resulted in a backlog of 1.8 million cases, of which 1.1 million are from Indian citizens.
In March 2023, the number of 80,324 employme-based green card applications includes 171,635 applicas with spouses and minor children. In addition, 1.3 million people were placed on the waiting list, while 289,000 people were changing their visa status. Some immigras were also waiting for visa processing in consulates and embassies abroad to obtain employme visas, although the US State Departme did not disclose the exact number of these cases. According to Kato’s report, there may be overlaps in some cases due to multiple applications for immigration to the United States and obtaining a green card submitted by one applica, and this has led to an increase in the number of applications.
Most of the backlog is in the EB-2 category for workers with advanced degrees. Another 19% are in the EB-3 category for workers with a bachelor’s degree. The backlog of EB-4 visas, which include “special immigras” such as Afghan and Iraqi translators, is about 13%, while EB-5 visa investors are about 6%.
The vast majority of backlogs, approximately 1.1 million of the 1.8 million cases, are from India (63%), while nearly 250,000 backlogs are for citizens from China (14%). The Northern Triangle couries of El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala accou for approximately 10 perce, mostly in the EB-4 special immigra group. For new applicas from India, most backlogs in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories have a staggering wait of 134 years. Cato estimates that approximately 424,000 employme-based applicas will die while waiting to receive their green cards.
Conclusion
In this article, the period of 134 years to obtain the American green card for Indian citizens was examined. The large number of US residence visa and green card cases and the time limit have caused some Indian citizens to spend their lives waiting in line for a green card and die without ever seeing a green card. We, the experts of Istehabanati Immigration Institute, will help you to have a suitable visa program at every stage of the US visa process, from filling out the forms to the immigration ierview.
