Member of US President's Advisory Commission recommends recapture of all unused green cards for family and employment categories since 1992

A member of the US President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders has recommended recapture of all unused green cards for family and employment categories since 1992. 

The move could benefit thousands of Indian-Americans waiting for their green cards. This includes the recapture of more than 2,30,000 unused employment-based green cards from 1992 to 2022 and processing a portion of these every fiscal year in addition to the annual limit of 1,40,000 for this category, Indian-American Ajay Bhutoria said in his set of



recommendations submitted before the commission on Thursday.

Recapture Unused Green Cards and Prevent Future Green Card Waste aims to address bureaucratic delays in the green card application process and provide relief to individuals waiting in backlogs, he said.

The President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders is now voting to approve draft recommendations for submission and full commission approved Recapture of unused Green card visas!