Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 09:26am on 25 Oct 2023,Wednesday India Global
An Indian diaspora organization, the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS), is urging the Biden administration to relax employment authorization card rules for the over 1.1 million Indian-origin non-immigrant visa holders stuck in decades-long green card backlogs. FIIDS said the 7% per-country limit causes nearly 135 years of delays, with many never getting permanent residency. Issuing work authorization during early green card processing would aid Indian Americans facing uncertainty. FIIDS asked USCIS to grant 5-year EADs to approved I-140 applicants without awaiting I-485 processing. It also pushed for 5-year auto-renewal EADs for H4-EAD spouses to enable independent contributions. FIIDS said avoiding quasi-indentured status for these individuals is a humanitarian imperative.
