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  Joe Biden revokes Donald Trump-era ban on issuance of green cards

  World | February 25, 2021 11:50 IST

  Joe Biden said that shutting the door on legal immigrants does not advance the interests of the United States.

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  Biden promises to reform H-1B visa system, eliminate country-quota for green cards

  World | August 16, 2020 12:26 IST

  In a major policy document for Indian-Americans released on the occasion of India's 74th Independence Day on Saturday, the Biden Campaign also emphasised its support to family-based immigration system and streamlining processing for religious worker visas.

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  Green Card waitlist for Indian is more than 195 years, says US senator

  World | July 23, 2020 10:40 IST

  The backlog for an Indian national to get permanent residency or Green Card is more than 195 years, a top Republican senator has said, urging his Senate colleagues to come out with a legislative resolution to address this problem.

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  Biden plan to reduce waiting time faced by Indians for work-based green cards

  World | July 15, 2020 10:49 IST

  Former US Vice President Joe Biden, who is to be the Democratic Party candidate for president, has announced an immigration agenda that will end the country-wise green card caps for employment visas so that wait times stretching to decades for Indians can be reduced if he is elected.

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  Trump defends suspending Green Card applications till Dec 31

  World | June 24, 2020 12:22 IST

  US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to suspend issuing of green cards till the end of the year, saying it was needed to give jobs to Americans.

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  Coronavirus: US announces relaxations for H-1B visa holders and Green Card applicants

  World | May 02, 2020 10:09 IST

  The US government has given a grace period of 60 days to H-1B visa holders and Green Card applicants, who have been served notices for submission of various documents, in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak.

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  Trump's temporary Green Card ban aims to 'turn off the faucet' of new immigrant labour: report

  World | April 25, 2020 13:46 IST

  President Donald Trump's executive order to temporarily halt issuance of green cards aims to "turn off the faucet" of new immigrant labour and is the beginning of a broader strategy to reduce the flow of foreigners into the US, architect of Trump's immigration agenda Stephen Miller has said. 

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  Donald Trump indicates 60-day immigration ban may not apply to H1-B

  World | April 22, 2020 9:52 IST

  US President Donald Trump has said that his immigration ban will be for only 60 days and indicated that workers on temporary visas like H1-B for professionals could continue to come in.

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  Green Card wait for Indians to get longer: Report

  Business | March 31, 2020 8:59 IST

  Employment-based backlog for legal permanent US residency is expected to double by 2030 and Indians will have to wait for decades for the coveted Green Card, according to a latest Congressional report.

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  More than 227K Indians waiting for family-sponsored Green Card

  India | November 28, 2019 9:27 IST

  Currently, there are about four million people waiting in line for family-sponsored Green Cards against a Congressional cap of 226,000 per annum. The largest number of 1.5 million waitlists is from America's southern neighbour Mexico, followed by a distant India with 227,000 and China with nearly 180,000.

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  Another Indian in US Green Card backlog dies

  World | November 15, 2019 12:22 IST

  Through the Go Fund Me campaign, the organization is actively working with family members and friends and funeral home to make all funeral arrangements and fund-raising support. The fundraiser with a goal of $100,000 has already received contributions of $58,409 in two days since it was started.  

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  Senators urged to remove country cap on Green Card

  World | November 08, 2019 9:10 IST

  The FIIDS found that Indian students in the United States, are the second largest group of foreign students but their numbers have slowed to 5.4 per cent growth in 2017-18, a five-year low.

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  US-based Indian engineer in Green Card backlog dies

  World | November 02, 2019 11:52 IST

  The GoFundMe page says: "We (PATA) have started a funeral fundraiser to help cover the cost of his funeral expenses to transport his body to India. His family was not prepared for the high cost of a funeral, and during this difficult time we are reaching out to the community for help."

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  US announces new rules that can deny green cards for immigrants on food stamps

  World | August 12, 2019 20:36 IST

  Federal law already requires those seeking green cards and legal status to prove they will not be a burden to the U.S., or what's called a "public charge," but the new rules made public on Monday, detail a broader range of programs that could disqualify them.

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  Good news for Indian techies as US passes bill to remove limit on green card holders

  World | July 11, 2019 13:05 IST

  A Green Card allows a person to live and work permanently in the US. Passed by the US House of Representatives, the bill, on being signed into law, would considerably shorten the agonising wait of talented professionals from countries like India who have applied for permanent residency in the United States.

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  Over 4 lakh Indians may have to wait 151 years for US green card: Report

  World | June 16, 2018 16:56 IST

  As of April 20, 2018, there were 632,219 Indian immigrants and their spouses and minor children waiting for green cards, also known as legal permanent residency cards.

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  '300,000 waiting for 90 years': Indian-American IT professionals ask US govt to end green card backlog

  Business | May 01, 2018 12:37 IST

  The rallies were organised over the weekend in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Participants argued that per country quota on issuing of Green Cards per annum was the main reason for the backlog.

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  Bill for 45% increase in merit-based green cards introduced in US House

  World | January 11, 2018 15:14 IST

  If passed by Congress and signed into law by US President Donald Trump, the bill will end the diversity visa programme and reduce the overall immigration levels from currently averaging 1.05 million to 2,60,000 a year.

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  Indian techies in US seek lawmakers' help for green card

  World | October 24, 2017 6:40 IST

  A group of more than 100 Indian IT professionals on H-1B visas met US lawmakers to get the country-specific quotas for permanent residency removed, saying the limitation resulted in massive green card backlogs for them.

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  Remove country-specific quota for Green Card, it’s unfair for Indians: US lawmaker

  World | July 13, 2017 11:54 IST

  He pointed out that under the existing per-country percentage caps, large nations like India and China, accounting for more than 40 percent of the world population, receive the same amount of visas as Greenland