{"id":28134,"date":"2022-07-26T16:56:24","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T21:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=28134"},"modified":"2022-07-27T11:09:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-27T16:09:45","slug":"hr-3648-eagle-act-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/hr-3648-eagle-act-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Equal Access to Green Cards for Legal Employment Act: A New Bill for H1B Visa Holders in Green Card Backlog"},"content":{"rendered":"
Non-immigrant visa holders felt the ordeal of being stuck in the green card backlog intensely during the pandemic, as their entry to the US was heavily restricted by President Biden\u2019s proclamations curbing the import of COVID-19 cases from the affected countries. Consequently, thousands of H1B, H4, L1 and other non-immigrant visa holders were stranded in India, and many of them were separated from their families in the United States. They bore the brunt of long wait times for green cards. If they had got the magic wand (Green Card0, they would have spread a magic mat in the air and travelled to the US flying past all the restrictions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
In a recent development of attempts at phasing out per-country limits on issuance of employment-based green cards, two Senators – Kevin Cramer and John Hickenlooper – introduced a new version of the EAGLE Act 2021. Cleared by the US House Judiciary Committee in April this year, the legislation is now titled EAGLE Act 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n