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Green Card holders face increased scrutiny under Trump’s immigration crackdown, with concerns over secondary inspections and revocation. Experts advise staying informed about rights, legal recourse, and risks of voluntary residency surrender.
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German national Fabian Schmidt, a valid green card holder, was detained at Boston’s Logan Airport, allegedly strip-searched and interrogated. His family demands answers, while CBP denies wrongdoing and suggests possible drug-related charges.
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Speaking about the proposed 'gold card,' Donald Trump had said, 'It’s somewhat like a green card, but at a higher level of sophistication, it’s a road to citizenship for people, and essentially people of wealth.'
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Aravind Srinivas, an IIT-Madras alumnus and former researcher at OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind, voiced frustrations shared by many highly skilled immigrants. 'I have been waiting for my green card for like the last three years. Still haven’t gotten it.'
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In response to Rohit Krishnan's post, Aravind Srinivas shared his own experience with the immigration system, emphasising the unpredictability of the process.
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Plus, US pauses Green Card for nurses, Vietnam extends duration of tourist e-visa, the German Academic Exchange Service launches 30 Digital Scholarships, and more.
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By the time Air Force recruits finish their seven weeks of training, the process is complete and they are sworn in as American citizens.
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Amid layoffs and dwindling job market, the US is seeing a sudden surge in enquiries for the EB-5 visa, around 150 enquiries per day. Within the EB-5 visa procedure, is EB-5 Regional Center Program the fastest route to a Green Card?
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A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently. The per-country caps are numerical limits on the issuance of green cards to individuals from certain countries.
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The UK is toying with the idea of cutting short the post-study duration after graduation to six months; in the next three years, Canada will welcome more than 1.45 million new immigrants.
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Ajay Jain Bhutoria said such a move would benefit the US by ensuring that the country can continue to attract and retain global talent in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and by improving the lives of many foreign-born scientists, engineers, and physicians.
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The expansion of these categories would be carried out in phases beginning with the premium processing of EB-1 and EB-2 applications of Green cards.
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Noncitizens who are physically present in the US have to file Form I-485 (based on a pending or approved immigrant visa petition), to become Lawful Permanent Residents (Green Card holders).
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The recommendations were made in May this year by the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
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Sri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror, citing highly-placed sources, claimed that Rajapaksa's lawyers in the United States had already begun the procedure last month for his application to obtain the Green Card as he was eligible to apply due to his wife Loma Rajapaksa being a US citizen.
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Led by California Senator Alex Padilla and Congresswoman Deborah Ross, the lawmakers have urged their colleagues in the Senate and the House of Representatives to pass the bipartisan America’s Children Act.
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The inordinate delay in the procession of hundreds and thousands of talented Indian technology professionals, at times running into several decades, is one of the major issues of concern among the Indian-Americans and their dependent children living here.
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The last few weeks have seen lots of action on the EB-5 front, which seems to have shaken the industry and potential EB-5 investors out of their lethargy.
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The legislation was introduced by Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren and Congressman John Curtis and it is likely to benefit Indian IT professionals anguishing over decades of Green Card wait.
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A Green Card, known officially as a Permanent Resident Card, is a document issued to immigrants to the US as evidence that the bearer has been granted the privilege of residing permanently.
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While the passing of the bill in the US Senate that removed the country cap for employment-based green card category is good news for Indians, the recent update has made them to be cautious.
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This could potentially benefit thousands of Indians who are waiting for green card in the country. However, there are also some challenges.
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There is a cap of 140,000 for employment-based Green Card with a per year with per country cap 7 percent.
Indians are the largest beneficiaries of H-1B and L-1 visas and also one of the largest employment-based Green Card applicants in the US in the EB-2 (advanced degree holders) and EB-3 category.
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US Senate blocks bill that would have cleared the backlog. Of the more than 5 lakh Indians in the Green Card queue, a majority has invested in homes and other assets. Since this is an election year, it is not known when the bill would be taken up again.
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President Donald Trump has said that he will halt issuing of new Green Cards or legal permanent residency for the next 60 days as part of his executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the US.
