Big Hopes for Employment-Based Green Cards
Source : Fact Sheet- US Citizenship Act of 2021
The U.S. Government granted more than 139,000 employment-based green cards to foreign workers and their families. The Current U.S. administration’s proposed legislation could uplift the number of employment-based green cards, which are capped at about 140000 per year. The proposal would help permit the use of unused VISA slots from previous years and allow spouses and spouses and children of employment-based VISA holders to receive U.S. Lawful Permanent Residency without counting them against the annual cap.
These proposed U.S. immigration Policy Changes could help clear the large backlogs of Green Card applicants. This proposed legislation also would remove the per-country cap that restricts skilled immigrants from any single country to account for more than 7% of Green Cards issued each year.
This would make it easier for graduates of US universities with advanced degrees, in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields to stay in the US and eliminates any other unnecessary hurdles for Employment-based Green Cards. This proposed bill also provides dependents of H1B Visa Holder work authorization and children are prevented from “aging out ” of the system.