Golden dreams waiting for green card: For 151 years in the US, people of Indian origin have been waiting for a green card.

Thousands of people of Indian origin have been waiting for green cards in America for decades. Dr. working in California. Sriram Chahal treated many patients during the last corona period. They have been waiting for a green card for a decade. He says he has not been able to visit his ailing parents in India for the past ten years. I am not coming to India for fear that somewhere America will not allow me to return. Currently, 6,32,219 Indian immigrants and their families are stuck in the green card backlog.

This is the result of the strict sanctions of the Trump government. David J., a scholar at the Cato Institute in Washington. According to Beer, the green card waiting list for Indian Americans is 151 years. Indians account for 80 percent of those seeking employment-based green cards. Beer states that this situation will continue if the law regarding green card allocation is not changed.

The US government issues green cards every year to 1,40,000 immigrants who find themselves working there. The quota of Indians is only 7 percent. That means only 9800 Indians get green card every year. This year's quota is due to expire soon. While the situation is that the number of professionals of Indian origin in America is very large.

Rules tightened under the Trump regime, making green card quotas more difficult to determine

• Rules such as interviews and biometrics were added to the process during Trump's tenure. As a result, visas and green cards became more difficult to obtain. Countries like Iraq, South Africa, Mauritania have less qualified professionals. Due to which they do not need to wait.

• Trump also implemented a rule that any immigrants who have received government benefits such as cash, assistance, food assistance, free drugs cannot get a green card.

• During Corona, the government did not pay attention to the green card making process. The National Visa Center was also understaffed which is still inadequate. 421,358 interviews are pending in April this year.

• One million green cards lost in a decade. Fewer applications are often accepted. For this reason green cards are allotted below the prescribed limit. The additional green card quota is not added in the next financial year. 1 lakh green cards have been wasted this year.

What Now : Advisory Panel Recommendation- Speed ​​up the process

To solve the problem, Biden's Asian American Advisory Commission should review all green card applications within the next 6 months. That is, people should be informed whether their application has been accepted or not. Indian community leader Ajay Jain Bhutoria is also included in this 25-member panel. 

The proposal presented by him has been approved by 25 commissioners. It was also recommended to increase the number of officers at the National Visa Center and increase the speed of interviews.