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Posted on 09/03/2026 9:55:20 AM PDT by Libloather
Indian professionals in the US now have to wait 179 years for Green Cards — after the Trump administration put tough limits on how it issues permanently residency.
The current green card backlog has hit 1.2 million people as federal immigration law restricted the number that can be doled out each year to 140,000 — with no more than 7% going to any one country, according to a new report by the National Foundation for American Policy.
This means immigrants from large countries — like India and China — are subject to wait times of decades or more before being granted permanent residency.
According to the data, a Chinese national applying for a green card with EB-2 status — that is, most professional workers with master’s degrees — could be waiting approximately 25 years.
For professionals from India, the estimated wait 179 years, according to the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP) — a Virginia-based nonprofit that studies immigration and international trade.
Workers from the Philippines, meanwhile, have a wait of just a few months.
The longest wait times for coveted EB-1 green cards — reserved for those with “extraordinary ability” — sit around four to five years for Indian nationals and five years for applicants from China.
The NFAP argues that the long wait times makes it harder for US-based employers to hire and retain foreign-born workers, and burdens immigrant families.
“Many Americans don’t realize how challenging it can be to immigrate legally to the United States, even for the most highly skilled and innovative people in the country,” Stuart Anderson, executive director of the NFAP, told the San Francisco Chronicle.
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soooo you’re telllling me there’s a chance?
FReeper Laz is now worried about future worker shortages in massage parlors.
Good thing so many of them believe in reincarnation.
Good!
We are full we don’t need any of their “skills” over here. We built a country without them and don’t need anything they have to offer.
Excellent!
We are well supplied in Indian doctors, hospitaly owners, and convenience store operators.
Please not to be feeding my god!
This combined with zero grace period is a strong disincentive.
Let true contributors like Ashish Vaswani (father of the Transformer and thus modern AI), and Amit Singhal (father of Google search) stay. Get rid of the deadweight, a sizable portion of which are document falsifiers.
And if we are smart we will never allow mass migration again.
Migration is ok, small numbers defused through out the country but allowing large homogeneous groups in to settle in their own enclaves is a really bad idea. We have seen this for 180 years now.
I have no faith in us being smart but stranger things have happened.
Oooh, but I am notcaring.
We have enough Indians (Dots, not Feathers).
Let’s make it an even 180 years.
WINNING !!
Look forward to more numerous Filipino Hindu immigrants.
Round up to nearest 100. 200 years.
lol - yeah...
I’ve asked a few Indians that have been here a while what their goals are....”ultimately get citizenship?” - with the response being “haven’t thought that far ahead...just hoping for a green card in 15 years”. All while they’ve married, had kids, with a home...putting so much on the line with the risk of staying employed.
Some of them I feel for....others I’d have no issue deporting immediately. I’ve met the best and worst of them.
That’s my question, when AI replaces their jobs, will they go back to India?
Regarding “had kids, with a home”, here are the federal programs that help H-1Bs with home loans and ownership :
During the Biden administration, H-1B visa holders were buying houses with 97-100% financing :
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4379360/posts
I asked Google AI :
“Does the FHA have a list of subsidized loans made to H-1B holders?”
It said the “FHA does not collect citizenship or residency status on standard loan applications.”
Google then offered to provide me information on “Conventional Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac mortgages that still allow H-1B borrowers”.
Searching Google with the terms “fannie mae H-1B” yields the following from its AI :
“...
Mortgage and Home Loan Eligibility
Borrower approval: H-1B visa holders are fully eligible for conventional home mortgages backed by Fannie Mae under the same baseline terms as U.S. citizens.”
Can H-1B Holders Get a US Home Loan Without Credit? Truth Explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuYEaCrtBpY
Documentation rules: Borrowers must possess a valid Social Security Number (SSN) and a current, verified legal status documented by an unexpired work visa or I-94/I-797 paperwork.”
Searching Google with the terms “freddie mac H-1B” yields the following from its AI :
“...
Mortgage Guidelines for H-1B Holders
Loan Eligibility: Non-U.S. citizens with nonpermanent lawful residency status (such as an H-1B visa) are eligible for Freddie Mac mortgage guidelines on the same terms as U.S. citizens, provided they have valid residency status and meet standard credit requirements (typically a credit score of 620 or higher).”
This link, dated 2025 is shocking. Loans for investment and vacation homes are POSSIBLE :
Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Mortgages for H1B Visa Holders
https://homeabroadinc.com/mortgages/fannie-mae-freddie-mac-h1b-mortgage/
Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac Mortgages for H1B Visa Holders
A credit score of 620 or higher is required to be eligible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans.
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