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There is a lengthy 12-year waiting period for Indians applying for permanent residency also known as Green Card in the US as skilled employees, according to a new report.

However, India is also among the top countries whose residents get Green Cards every year.

In 2015, about 36,318 Indians adjusted their status to permanent residency while 27,798 Indians are new arrivals who received lawful permanent residency in the form of a Green Card, Pew Research said.

"In one employment-related category, people from India applying for permanent residence as skilled employees currently have a 12-year waiting list. In other words, the government currently is processing applications filed in May of 2005," the report said.

Pew said from fiscal 2010 to 2014, about 36 per cent of employment-related Green cards - more than 222,000 - were granted to H-1B visa holders.

Green Card, is the immigration status of a person authorised to live and work in the US permanently. A Green Card holder can apply for US citizenship after five years of residency. This period is shortened to three years if married to a US citizen.

Green Card holders who adjusted their status are more likely than new arrivals to be in their prime working years of 25 to 64. Among those who adjusted their status, 72 per cent were of ages 25 to 64, compared with 55 per cent of new arrivals, the research report said.

According to the study, in every fiscal year since 2004, the US has issued more Green Cards to immigrants living in the country on another visa who adjust their legal status than to new arrivals.

In 2015, there were 508,716 new arrivals who received lawful permanent residency in the form of a Green Card and 542,315 people adjusted their status, it said.

In every fiscal year since 2004, the US has issued more Green Cards to immigrants living in the country on another visa who adjusted their legal status than to new arrivals.

Since 2004, a total of 7.4 million people who adjusted their status and 5.5 million new arrivals have received lawful permanent residency in the form of a Green Card, the study said.

Employment-related categories (including workers' family members) accounted for 14 per cent of 2015 Green Cards.

Refugees (11 per cent) and people granted asylum (3 per cent) together made up a similar share, it said.

There is also a "diversity" category for people from countries with historically low rates of US immigration (5 per cent). (PTI)

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43 minutes ago, tennisluvr said:

2011 - 12 year wait time

2012 - 23 year wait time

2013 - 40 year wait time

2014 - 52 year wait time

2015 and beyond - Forget it

Yep...Europe ollu blue card start chesaru bhayya green card ki alternative ga...job offer unte blue card chetillo peduthunnaru...

ikkada deenemma jeevitham, em chesina line lo nunchovalsindhe

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Just now, papampasivadu said:

Yep...Europe ollu blue card start chesaru bhayya green card ki alternative ga...job offer unte blue card chetillo peduthunnaru...

ikkada deenemma jeevitham, em chesina line lo nunchovalsindhe

Learn German, upto German level 2 and go to Germany. 

Germany has most of the IT opportunities in Europe. 

 

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1 minute ago, tennisluvr said:

Learn German, upto German level 2 and go to Germany. 

Germany has most of the IT opportunities in Europe. 

 

next ade cheyyale...US immigration  scrap now Posani-7.gif?1367859462

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2 minutes ago, tennisluvr said:

Learn German, upto German level 2 and go to Germany. 

Germany has most of the IT opportunities in Europe. 

 

Last month germany lo emanna jobs unnaya ani linkedin lo search kotta bro...first listing ee infosys odidhi occhindi...

chi deenemma jeevitham, mood antha kharab chesadu ani close chesi padesa...manollu mottham prapancham anthaa janda patesaru _%~

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2 minutes ago, Pumpuhaar said:

next ade cheyyale...US immigration  scrap now Posani-7.gif?1367859462

scrap batch la ki, scam batch la ki baane occhestunnay gc'lu...nee laga honest ppl ke kashtam bro

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2 minutes ago, papampasivadu said:

Last month germany lo emanna jobs unnaya ani linkedin lo search kotta bro...first listing ee infosys odidhi occhindi...

chi deenemma jeevitham, mood antha kharab chesadu ani close chesi padesa...manollu mottham prapancham anthaa janda patesaru _%~

Yeah ekkada cheap labor kavalanna WITCH companies are first in line. 

World motham desi gallani choosthey eeyala repu labor gallu job stealers ane opinion ochestundi eventually, already US lo same opinion undi le

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Just now, papampasivadu said:

scrap batch la ki, scam batch la ki baane occhestunnay gc'lu...nee laga honest ppl ke kashtam bro

Scam batch ki GCs ochi ippudu vallu scraps meeda padi brathukutunnaru. 

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6 minutes ago, tennisluvr said:

Yeah ekkada cheap labor kavalanna WITCH companies are first in line. 

World motham desi gallani choosthey eeyala repu labor gallu job stealers ane opinion ochestundi eventually, already US lo same opinion undi le

hahaha...okappudu spanish inquistion, british empire laga...ippudu mana desi batch and chinki batch bhayya...

Future lo sun never sets on indian empire antaam @3$%^^

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6 minutes ago, papampasivadu said:

scrap batch la ki, scam batch la ki baane occhestunnay gc'lu...nee laga honest ppl ke kashtam bro

EB1 munda gaalu cheda10ginaar, EB1and family based GC lu  lepi10githe konchem baagupadtadi...nee PD eppudu?

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