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The green card backlog touched 800,000 in 2019, with over 60% of these being Indians. On Dec. 2, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed a legislation – Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act - to eliminate the 7% per country-cap on green card applicants, among other things, which would have ended the painfully long wait for thousands of green card hopefuls.
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The past President of West India Council – The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce, Chothani is a founding member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA)’s Bangkok District Chapter (BDC). She currently serves on AILA’S DOS Liaison Committee and continues to be an active member of the BDC and AILA’s South Florida Chapters. She is a founding member and past Chair of the AILA Global Migration Section.
CMB Regional Centers: It Is Time For A Bipartisan Effort To Reform, Reauthorize and Restore Congress’ Intent For The EB-5 Program
January 19, 2021 19:00 ET | Source: CMB Regional Centers CMB Regional Centers Rock Island, Illinois, UNITED STATES
DALLAS, Jan. 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The EB-5 Immigrant Investor program was created to stimulate the U.S. economy and create U.S. jobs through foreign investment, at zero cost to the U.S. taxpayer. The EB-5 Program operated for decades with many rules that were up for varying interpretations, which led to significant abuses within the program. Many EB-5 industry stakeholders, including CMB Regional Centers, knew that the EB-5 Program was a valuable tool for the U.S. economy when used properly, and urged Congress and the USCIS to take the necessary steps to reform the program and add strict integrity measures and oversight.