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For both H.R.1044 and S.386, if they pass, people not born in India will wait for years before getting the green card. For example, currently, people born in Ch
by longstation 7y ago
For both H.R.1044 and S.386, if they pass, people not born in India will wait for years before getting the green card. For example, currently, people born in China (note, it matters only where you born, not what citizenship you currently hold), would wait about 4 years to get green card (after they start the process), but once one of these bills passes, they would have to wait for 10 years to get it.
You would probably say they have a grace period, but unfortunately it only "protects" people born in the country that currently doesn't not exceed the per country limit. People from Philippines, China, etc will get the impact almost immediately. To make this really fair, we need to create extra quota for people born in India, not grabbing quota from other countries. (But I guess this will diminish the chance of this bill getting passed so they choose to hurt others, which from the perspective of people born in India, I totally understand, but I feel sad that I and other people not from India will get hurt inevitably once this bill passes).
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- dilippkumar 7y ago> For both H.R.1044 and S.386, if they pass, people not born in India will wait for years before getting the green card. Not true. Anyone who doesn’t have an i140 with a priority date of 2012 or so will have to wait years for a green card. Including people born in India. If you were born anywhere in the world, and applied for a green card in the next month, your wait time would not be different- Indian or not.