U.S. Set to Use All Employment-Based Green Cards This Year
U.S. Government is avoiding a repeat of unused green cards scenario which occurred in 2021 when thousands of green cards went unused; backlog of more than one million applicants remains
U.S. immigration authorities project that they will use up all the extra available employment-based green cards for the fiscal year ending this month, averting the risk that the government would for the second year running let thousands go to waste.
Typically, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the agency that processes green cards and other immigration applications, hands out about 140,000 employment-based green cards to foreign employees and their families, representing a fraction of demand that results in a decadelong wait for some applicants.
