For new applicants from India, the backlog for the EB‑2 and EB‑3 categories (which are combined because applicants can move between them) is effectively a life sentence, the report says. About 424,000 employment‐based applicants will die waiting, and over 90 percent of them will be Indians. Given that Indians are currently half of all new employer‐sponsored applicants, roughly half of all newly sponsored immigrants will die before they receive a green card.
US News: 21 Republican-leaning states threaten to end the humanitarian parole program through a lawsuit to determine its legality, which is set to be heard in
The U non-immigrant status (U visa) is set aside for victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are helpful to law enforcement or government officials in the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity.
US & Canada News News: Last week, US Senator Alex Padilla introduced a bill to expand a pathway to permanent residency for millions of long-term US residents. ‘The Renewing
A group of US lawmakers has urged the Joe Biden and his administration to take executive action to make priority dates current for Green Card applicants from India to reduce the 195-year-long wait period and backlog.