Big Hopes for Employment-Based Green Cards
Source : Fact Sheet- US Citizenship Act of 2021
The Employment-Based Green Cards system in the U.S. could see major improvements under the proposed US Citizenship Act of 2021. The legislation aims to reduce backlogs, increase visa availability, and provide more flexibility for skilled foreign workers and their families.
These proposed U.S. immigration Policy Changes could help clear the large backlogs of Green Card applicants. This proposed legislation also would remove the per-country cap that restricts skilled immigrants from any single country to account for more than 7% of Green Cards issued each year.
This would make it easier for graduates of US universities with advanced degrees, in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields to stay in the US and eliminates any other unnecessary hurdles for Employment-based Green Cards. This proposed bill also provides dependents of H1B Visa Holder work authorization and children are prevented from “aging out ” of the system.