Only 10% Indians who applied for Green Card got it in 2017

[nir]

As of April 2018, there were 6,32,219 Indian immigrants and their spouses and minor children waiting for Green Cards. India has the maximum number of people waiting in line.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Out of over 6,00,000 Indians waiting for Green Card, only 60,394 received it
• Skilled Indian immigrants need to wait around 25-92 years for a Green Card
• 23,569 were issued to employment-based preferences like those on H-1B visas

 

Latest officials figures show that out of the nearly 6,00,000 Indians who are waiting for Green Card, only 60,394 (10.06 per cent) received the most sought-after legal permanent residency last year. The Green Card is in much demand because it allows the holder to live and work in the US.

 

Skilled immigrants from India need to wait anywhere between 25-92 years for a Green Card due to per-country limits under the current regulation, said GCReforms.org, a website founded by members of the Indian diaspora living in the United States that focuses on immigration issues.

 

There were 6,32,219 Indian immigrants and their spouses and minor children waiting for Green Cards, as of April 2018.

 

Of the 60,394 Indians who received Green Cards in 2017, the maximum 23,569 were issued to the employment-based preferences like those on the H-1B visas.

 

Having a Green Card allows a person to live and work permanently in the US. Indian-Americans, most of whom are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on the H-1B work visas are the worst sufferers of the current immigration system which imposes a seven per cent per country quota on allotment of Green Cards or permanent legal residency.

 

As many as 20,549 Indians were issued Green Cards in the capacity of them being immediate relatives (spouses, children and parents) of the US citizens, while 14,962 Indians were issued the Green Cards under the family sponsored categories like brothers and sisters.

 

DIP IN INDIAN GREEN CARD HOLDERS

 

The latest annual figures released on October 2 by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), however, reveal that the number of Indians getting Green Cards has dropped - albeit marginally - than the previous two years.

 

In 2015, as many as 64,116 Indians were issued legal permanent residency, and the next year in 2016, the figure was 64,687.

 

Among the employment-based preferences - which is the route followed by the H-1B visa holders - 137,855 Green Cards were issued.

 

The DHS said around half of its Green Cards were issued to the immediate relatives of US citizens - spouses (292,909), children (74,989) and parents (148,610).

 

In all 1,127,167 million foreigners received Green Cards, which is a step below citizenship, in the year 2017, the figures revealed.

 

The previous year 1,183,505 foreigners received Green Cards in 2016 and 1,051,031 in 2015.

 

People from Asia (424,743) and North America (413,650) account for the maximum number of Green Card recipients in 2017.

 

Country-wise figures reveal that China topped the list with 71,565 Green Cards, followed by Cuba (65,028) and India (60,394).

 

However, India is different from other countries as it has the maximum number of people waiting in line.

 

Because of the Congressional mandated country quota, Indians according to Cato Institute, a libertarian think tank, would have to wait for decades and in some cases as much as 151 years to get a Green Card.

 

In 2017, as many as 795 Indians who sought asylum or refugee status were issued Green Cards. Last year, 40 Indians were issued Green Cards under diversity visa category and 479 Indians were issued Green Cards under other categories, according to DHS annual report.

 

The figures also reveal that in 2017, Americans adopted 222 Indian kids, of which 176 were females and 46 males. Eight of these were of less than year old, 170 between one and four years, while 44 were over five years of age at the time of adoption.

 

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[Rekkio]

I really hate it when news outlets purposefully engineer their content to manipulate the reader's mind.

This article is an hit-piece, not real news.

 

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Only 10% Indians who applied for Green Card got it in 2017

 

Yes, and what? Is this outlet subliminally implying that 100% of them should've got it?

Are they implying that the US must answer a minimum quota of Green Card requests?

 

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As of April 2018, there were 6,32,219 Indian immigrants and their spouses and minor children waiting for Green Cards. India has the maximum number of people waiting in line.

 

Yes, and what? Why would it matter that they're Indian, or that they're spouses with children?

 

Not only it does not matter, they also subliminally imply that 'spouses with children' waiting for Green Card is wrong.

No matter who you are, if you apply for anything you shall wait like everyone else and there's nothing wrong with it.

 

It as well does not matter that India has the 'maximum' number of people waiting in line. That just means Indians are more inclined to apply for H-1B than other countries' populations. Are they subliminally implying that having the most people waiting means you should somehow be served first?

 

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Out of over 6,00,000 Indians waiting for Green Card, only 60,394 received it

 

Yes, and what? First it does not matter how many Indians applied ('over'), but it also does not matter how many received it ('only').

 

Are they subliminally telling you that not having answered 'enough' Indian H-1B requests is wrong? Is there even such a thing as a required 'minimum' quota of request answering?

 

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Skilled Indian immigrants need to wait around 25-92 years for a Green Card

 

Yes, and what? It does not matter if they're 'Skilled' or not, there's a queue and you have to wait.

And the articles subliminally implies that Indians having to wait like everyone else is wrong...

 

Then you have this ridiculous mention of around 25-92 years. Yes, it's atleast a decade. And what?

That's what everyone has to wait, not just Indians. Why focus so much on Indians specifically?

 

It makes sense that the more people there is, the longer the wait time is. Should not it be?

Also, I would like a justification for this ridiculous 92-years claim (a century, wew).

 

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23,569 were issued to employment-based preferences like those on H-1B visas

 

OK. And what? The H-1B Visa's purpose IS job-based.

The H-1B Visa IS a work Visa, so it makes sense to better give it to people who have a guaranteed job?

 

And the best for last, 'like those on H-1B visas'. What? Like those [...] on H-1B Visa's?

 

H-1B Visa's is what they're talking about, so why say 'like those'?

Trying to subliminally imply that giving H-1B Work Visa's based on job preferences is wrong?

 

It makes sense that if you want a job that has no venue in the US your request will be rejected.

It as well makes sense to look for a job that actually has a future, which is what the job preferences are about.

 

Would you give a Visa to someone whose job is totally deprecated in the US?

 

So, if anyone is reading these 'news' outlets - be careful with what you read, and especially look for implicit statements like those above.

You will need to be alert to dodge the subliminal messaging embed in those hit pieces (question everything presented to you).

 

Afterall, wouldn't it make sense for IndiaToday.com to tell you that Indians should be served first?

[straycat19]

There are large Indian employers in the U.S. because they will work for a lot less.  One large company that comes to mind is State Farm Insurance.  They have created Indian ghettos at their corporate office where entire apartment buildings have been built to house them.  I got a first hand look at it two years ago when I was visiting a relative.  There was also a problem with suicides a couple years back since the company can choose to let the visa expire and send the recipient back to India.  A neat way of getting rid of those sub performers without a lot of red tape.

[Jordan]

Please stay correct when talking about other countries!

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