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Bipartisan legislation<\/strong> has been introduced in the US House of Representatives to eliminate the per-country cap on the employment-based green card. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legislation was presented by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren<\/strong> and Congressman John Curtis and it is probably going to profit Indian IT professionals<\/strong> anguishing over many years of green card wait. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Equal Access to Green cards<\/strong> for Legal Employment (EAGLE) Act, 2021<\/strong>, needs to be passed by the Senate. Before it can be sent to the White House for the President <\/strong>to sign it into law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bill phases out the 7 percent<\/strong> per-country limit on an employment-based immigrant visa <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, the bill phases out the 7 percent per-country limit on a family-sponsored visa to 15 percent.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

US Congress tables Bill to remove per-country cap on green card<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Moreover, its predecessor, the Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, was passed in the House. In the 116th Congress <\/strong>with a resonating bipartisan vote of 365 to 65<\/strong>. “We all know that our immigration system is seriously broken and it has been broken for decades<\/strong>“. Said Lofgren, Chair of the House Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The basic system for allotting the immigrant visa<\/strong> dates back to the middle of the twentieth century. And was last genuinely updated in 1990<\/strong> when Congress established. The worldwide mathematical limits <\/strong>on visas and the seven percent per-country cap<\/strong> that actually exists today, she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, Check [USCIS Reaches FY 2021 H-2B Cap for Additional Returning Workers<\/span><\/a>]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Over time, these restrictions have led to backlogs <\/strong>that were unimaginable in 1990<\/strong>. Also, the impact has been that nations with relatively small populations are allocated the same number of visas <\/strong>as a relatively large population country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The result? An individual from a large-population<\/strong> country with extraordinary qualifications who could contribute greatly to our economy <\/strong>and create jobs waits behind an individual <\/strong>with lesser qualifications from a smaller country,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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