Indian-Americans launch campaign to remove Green Card backlog

Eminent Indian-Americans have launched a nationwide campaign in the US to create awareness about massive backlog for Green Card which they say is impacting some 300,000 high-skilled Indian applicants.

Under the current regulation, skilled immigrants from India need to wait anywhere between 25-92 years for a Green Card due to per-country limits, said the newly-launched group GCReforms.org.

The announcement for the nationwide campaign comes as the White House sent the details of its immigration reform to the Congress.

"We not only support the



physician groups involved in the immigration issues but also supports a fair green card allocation process for engineers and other professionals that are caught up in the quandary," said GcReforms.org president Sampat Shivangi.

"I Strongly Support the Cause," said Ved Nanda, evans distinguished university professor from 53 years at University of Denver Sturm college of law, in a statement issued by GCReforms.org.

Green Card delays need to be eliminated as this slows down American innovation and job creation, said Kiran Kumar Thota, one of its founding members.