THE US Congress has passed a bill that will overhaul the immigration system making the tedious journey of attaining a Green Card easier for the Indians abroad. Obtaining a permanent residence, under most common employment-based immigrant visa category, could go up to 70 years which the Fairness for high-skilled Immigration Act aims to eliminate. The Act focuses on removing the pre country caps on employment based visas and creating a first come first served based which has been greatly supported by the US House of Representatives. The bill is also expected to be cleared by the US Senate soon.

The Act will also raise the per country cap for 226,000 family-related Green Cards from 7% of the total to 15%. Professionals who have been in green card queues face a lot of problems as their spouses cannot seek employment and their children have to fend for themselves which shall now be eradicated with the passage of this Act.