By Lalit K JhaWashington, Jul 13 (PTI) An influential American lawmaker has called for removal of country-specific quota for legal permanent residency, also known as Green Card in the US. A report released this week said that the average wait time for an Indian technology professional or those seeking green card under employment category is more than 12 years. The Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act was previously introduced by former-Representative Jason Chaffetz, with Yoder as an original cosponsor. The Act reforms the legal immigration system by eliminating the existing, arbitrary per-country percentage caps that have caused backlogs in the employment-based green card system, he said. But high-skilled immigrants from large countries are forced wait two to three times longer under existing law,?

Source: India Today July 13, 2017 02:03 UTC