Indians cheer to US Bill on new Green Card |
Indian IT companies saw a ray of hope amid the stringent visa norms of the US, as US lawmakers on Wednesday passed a bill aimed at lifting the current seven percent country cap on issuing green cards, a development which would benefit thousands of highly-skilled Indian IT professionals. The passage of the bill was hailed by Indian professionals and Top American IT companies from across the US but before it can be signed into law by the US president, the bill, however, has to be passed by the Senate. Titled `the Fairness of High-Skilled Immigrants Act, 2019` or HR 1044, the bill was passed by the 435-member House by an overwhelming majority of 365-65 votes. An identical bill sponsored by Senators Kamala Harris and Mike Lee are likely to be taken up soon. As per the present system, out of the total number of family-based immigrant visas to be given by the US in a particular year, the people of a country can be given a maximum of seven percent of such visas. The new bill seeks to increase this seven percent per country limit to 15 percent. Similarly, it also seeks to eliminate the seven percent per country cap on employment-based immigrant visas.
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