New bill introduced in US Congress to benefit Indian on H1B

According to reports, two identical legislation has been passed in the US House of Representatives which will end the per-country limit on green cards.

The law is reportedly backed by top companies from Silicon Valley including Google. If the law is signed as a law, it will benefit thousands of Indian professionals waiting to gain permanent legal residency. The Fairness for High Skilled Immigrants Act, a bill that would remove per-country cap on employment-based green cards was passed on Wednesday.

Currently, the United States makes currently 140,000 green cards available every year to employment-based immigrants. With the existing law, not more than seven per cent of the green cards can go to nationals of a particular country. This country cap can be eliminated with the new law.