usa news: Many Indian H-1B visas and green card holders have been unexpectedly faced or have been forced to stay in custody due to strict immigration policies of Donald Trump administration.
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Immigration lawyers are now especially advising those who are planning to take care of them. New York City advocate Naresh Gahi told Newsweek, ‘The administration is completely ignoring the judiciary and taking the law in its hands.’
Now the question arises whether Trump’s $ 5 million ‘Gold Card’ can bring relief to Indians amidst the green card and H-1B visa dispute. Millions of Indians are stranded in the long waiting list of employment-based green cards, some of which are waiting for more than 50 years. In such a situation, this plan may be a hope for him to make American dream a reality.
What is Trump’s ‘Gold Card’ visa and what is it on Indians?
Trump has proposed a new ‘Gold Card’, which will replace the EB-5 investor program. This will provide the way of privilege of the green card and US citizenship at a fee of $ 5 million. Under the current EB-5 investor visa, a person is required to invest at least 10 jobs from $ 800,000 to $ 1.05 million. But there will be no such condition in ‘Gold Card’, which can make it an easy option to get a residence in America.
Trump himself dismissed the EB-5 visa and said that it is unnecessarily filled with imagination and fraud. ‘Gold Card’ can be a fast and easy option for those who have been waiting for Indian employment -based green cards for decades.
Under this new visa program, rich Indian traders, startup founders and officials associated with the tech industry will be able to reside and get citizenship in the US directly from the long queue of traditional green cards. However, on the other hand, skilled professionals working on H-1B and EB-2/EB-3 visas, who do not have the ability to give $ 5 million, may have to face more delay in getting a green card.
