Washington DC: A key US Congressional committee has passed legislation to eliminate the per-country cap on issuing of Green Card on employment-based immigrant visas and to increase the per-country cap for family-based immigrant visas from seven percent to 15 percent, a move which will benefit Indian IT professionals languishing over decades of waiting for the Permanent Resident Card.
A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently in the US.
The legislative move, when it is finally signed into law, would greatly benefit the immigrants from India and China, from where hundreds and thousands of employment-based category people are currently having decades-long wait for their green cards or permanent legal residency.
After hours of debate, the powerful House Judiciary Committee late Wednesday night passed the HR3648 or the Equal Access to green cards for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act on the party lines of 22-14 votes. The bill now goes to the House for debate and voting. It also needs to be passed by the US Senate before it can be sent to the White House for President Joe Biden to sign into law.
