About 100k green cards are at risk of going to waste this year
This has caused resentment among Indian IT professionals whose wait for legal permanent residency now runs into decades.
This has caused resentment among Indian IT professionals whose wait for legal permanent residency now runs into decades.
The passage of the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act by the Senate on Wednesday comes as a big relief to Indian IT professionals who come to the US on H-1B work visas and their current waiting period for Green Card or permanent residency is running into decades.
These curbs are expected to impact a large number of Indian IT professionals and several American and Indian companies who were issued H-1B visas by the US government for the fiscal year 2021 beginning October 1.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has raised the issue of tightening of the H-1B visa regime with his US counterpart Steven…
