White House panel makes new suggestions for Green Card application process

The new announcement, if implemented, will benefit over 8 million applicants, mostly Indians. It would include applicants who have been in the backlog for over 5 years and had submitted their application in 2018.

White House Commission for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Affairs approved this recommendation on Thursday. The proposal now needs to be approved by US President Joe Biden and it is being speculated that implementation may take over 18 months.

According to the proposal, the Department of Homeland Security’s US Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHS USCIS) should grant employment authorisation documents (EADs) and travel documents to individuals who have approved I-140 employment-based visa petitions in the EB-1, EB-2, EB-3 categories and have been waiting in the visa backlog for five or more years. This would be regardless of whether they have filed applications for adjustment of status.