Lifting country cap on Green Card would help in attracting best talent: Congressmen

Top American lawmakers have welcomed the passage of a legislation lifting the seven per cent country-cap on Green Card applicants, saying that the move will help in attracting and retaining the best talents in the US.

The US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a legislation to remove the seven per cent country-cap on Green Card applicants, a move which could end the agonising wait of tens of thousands of talented professionals from countries like India who have applied for permanent residency in America.

A Green Card allows a non-US citizen to live and work permanently in America.

"In order for American industries to remain competitive and create more jobs, they must be able to recruit and retain the best talent in the world," Congressman Zoe Lofgren, Chair of House Judiciary's Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship said after the passage of the Fairness for High-Skilled Immigration Act.

"This becomes increasingly difficult when workers from high-population countries must compete for the same limited number of visas as workers from low population countries," Lofgren said