U.S. Presidential Advisory Panel member recommends recapture of unused green cards for family, employment categories from 1992-2025
The Hindu
In a move that could benefit thousands of Indian-Americans waiting for their green cards, a member of the President’s Advisory Commission has recommended that all unused green cards for family and employment categories since 1992 be recaptured.
In a move that could benefit thousands of Indian-Americans waiting for their green cards, a member of the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders has recommended that all unused green cards for family and employment categories since 1992 be recaptured.
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This includes the recapture of more than 2,30,000 unused employment-based green cards from 1992 to 2022 and processing a portion of these every fiscal year in addition to the annual limit of 1,40,000 for this category, Indian-American Mr. Ajay Bhutoria said in his set of recommendations submitted before the commission on Thursday, July 6.
"Recapture Unused Green Cards and Prevent Future Green Card Waste" aims to address bureaucratic delays in the green card application process and provide relief to individuals waiting in backlogs, he said.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is authorised by Congress to issue a specific number of family-based and employment-based immigrant visas annually. However, bureaucratic delays have resulted in the under-utilisation of available green cards, leading to accumulation of unused green cards over the years, he added.
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To tackle this, Mr. Bhutoria proposed two key solutions.
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