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Many  believe that Indians have been trying to demand an unfair lion’s share in the existing green card distribution system.

In a  letter to Senator  Cornyn, Democratic co-sponsors of the Bill  sum up the plight of the huge community stuck in green card backlog.

North Carolina-based Shiva Chalapathi Raju died suddenly on Tuesday. His pregnant wife will now have to go back to India.

The informal campaign is spreading through Facebook and WhatsApp.

Suhas Khamgaonkar boarded a flight to India last week, “as her husband died while in line for Green Card,” her attorney tells The American Bazaar.

Its companion bill, the bipartisan H.R. 1044, or the “Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act,” has already been passed by the House.

The rule, which was announced last Monday, will go into go into effect on October 15.

The new regulation may not impact applicants in the employment-based immigration category, but it is going to increase processing time.

Tens of thousands of highly qualified professionals are victims of the backlog.

Are Indian nationals only beneficiaries of the bill?

The bi-partisan bill would increase the per-country limit on family-based visas from 7 percent to 15 percent.

A recent Cato Institute analysis shows that about 675,000 would-be legal immigrants would die without seeing a green card.

“The proposed immigration reform is unlikely to ever become law,” says Attorney Rekha Sharma-Crawford.

Protesting in front of the White House, RHC activists call for the Green Card backlog and the DALCA children’s issue to be included in ongoing border security talks.

The organization demands that children of H-1B visa holders be treated on par with DACA recipients.

Indian immigrants with advanced degrees could wait up to 151 years for permanent residency.

Given the congressional calendar, the bill introduced by Coffman and Krishnamoorthi is unlikely to pass.

“More green cards and no country limits”, says Republican Senator Rand Paul.

On an average, a high-skilled worker from India has to wait anywhere from nine to 11 years for his green card. Regarding increased scrutiny of the H-1B visa applications, the report said that between January 1 and August 31, 2017, the immigration agencies issued almost double RFEs.

The immigration agency said that the applicants should update their address with the agency within 10 days of relocation.

Protestors at the rally stressed that because of some employment-based immigration rules that push for a seven percent cap for each country, foreign workers on legal work-visas have to bear several years of waiting before hearing on their green card applications. 

The move will benefit Indian professionals who have to wait for long years to get their green card approved after coming to the country on H-1B visa.

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will demand additional forms, certified translations, and notarized signatures from people while applying for green card or citizenship.

A separate visa classification for these dependents, for instance, of H-1B visa holders, will help bring more workers from abroad.

People who have applied for the green card based on employment visas, for instance, H-1B and L-1, and refugee/asylee relative petitioners will now be interviewed in-person before granting permanent residency.