{"id":78110,"date":"2023-07-14T05:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T05:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/wordpress\/?p=78110"},"modified":"2023-07-14T13:55:48","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T13:55:48","slug":"the-end-of-eb-1-green-cards-for-indians-eb-1-category-retrogresses-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/the-end-of-eb-1-green-cards-for-indians-eb-1-category-retrogresses-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Delays for EB-1 Green Cards for Indians. EB-1 Category Retrogresses 10 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Visa Bulletin for August 2023<\/a> introduced significant delays for Indian nationals applying for the EB-1 visa. Due to a backlog of Indian EB-1 visa petitions, this category has retrogressed 10 years\u2014with a new cutoff date of January 1, 2012.<\/p>\n

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This means that, in the vast majority of cases, applying for a Green Card through the EB-1 program will take a very, very, very long time for Indian nationals.<\/p>\n

Indian applicants who filed their I-140 applications after January 1, 2012, will not be eligible for EB-1 visas. Depending on their priority date and EB-1 application category, Indian nationals can expect wait times as long as 10 to 50 years.<\/p>\n

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EB-1 Wait Times Will Be Extremely Long for Indians<\/a><\/h6>\n
EB-5: Faster Green Cards; An EAD and Travel Permit in Only Days<\/a><\/h6>\n
Getting Started on the EB-5 Process<\/a><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n

EB-1 Wait Times Will Be Extremely Long for Indians<\/h3>\n

Given the demand for EB-1 immigration from India, the cutoff date may retrogress even further in upcoming Visa Bulletins.<\/p>\n

These new delays will no doubt upend the plans of Indian EB-1 applicants. For example, dependent children under the age of 21 may age out and become ineligible for EB-1 visas. And career opportunities currently available for EB-1 applicants may no longer be open many years into the future.<\/p>\n

Indian nationals living abroad will now have an extremely long wait time to get their EB-1 Green Cards. Similarly, Indian applicants who already hold another non-immigrant visa will also have to wait many years before transitioning to an EB-1 visa.<\/p>\n

Holders of temporary work visas that are nearing expiration\u2014such as H-1B<\/a>\u2014will likely find it impossible to transition to an EB-1 visa before their current visa status expires.<\/p>\n

With thousands of pending applications, this unfortunate development for the EB-1 category may push Indian applicants to withdraw their applications and opt for a faster immigration category.<\/p>\n

EB-5: Faster Green Cards; An EAD and Travel Permit in Only Days<\/h3>\n

Under the current rules, investing in the EB-5 visa is a much faster way to get a Green Card<\/a>\u2014and immediately adjust one\u2019s immigration status.<\/p>\n

Indian applicants who invest in an EB-5 project in a rural area now get priority processing of Form I-526E, the initial application for an EB-5 Green Card.<\/p>\n

Even more significantly, investing in a rural project qualifies investors for a special category of set-aside visas<\/a>. This means that Indian applicants who invest in a rural project (before the set-aside visa supply is exhausted) will not be subject to a cutoff date and will be able to get their EB-5 Green Cards without these excessive delays.<\/p>\n

For further information on how rural projects allow Indian investors to immigrate faster, we invite you to watch our recent interview on the subject<\/a> with the former chief of Immigrant Visa Control.<\/p>\n

Indians who hold non-immigrant visas\u2014including the H-1B, L-1, E-2, TN, and F-1 categories\u2014can also adjust their immigration status immediately<\/a> by filing Form I-526E concurrently with Form I-485.<\/p>\n

For H-1B workers or holders of other visas near to expiring, this is one of the very few options to quickly change their immigration status and remain in the United States.<\/p>\n

What is more, concurrent filing allows EB-5 investors living in the United States to apply for an employment authorization document (EAD) and travel permit.<\/p>\n

An investor in EB5AN\u2019s Twin Lakes rural EB-5 project<\/a> received his EAD and travel permit only 60 days after applying.<\/p>\n

He can now work and travel anywhere in the United States, without restrictions, as he waits for his EB-5 petition to be processed.<\/p>\n

We invite you to read his story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While the EB-1 category requires an applicant to possess extraordinary ability, be an outstanding professor or researcher, or be a multinational executive or manager, the EB-5 program simply requires a qualifying investment in a U.S. project.<\/p>\n

Getting Started on the EB-5 Process<\/h3>\n

The rural project category offers unprecedently fast immigration for Indian nationals, but these benefits are temporary. There is a limited number of set-aside visas available.<\/p>\n

Therefore, to ensure their eligibility for set-aside visas, we encourage Indian nationals to start planning their rural EB-5 investments as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

For real-life examples of how to go about the EB-5 process (including finding an immigration attorney and selecting a project), watch EB5AN\u2019s investor interview series<\/a> featuring six Indian nationals.<\/p>\n

EB5AN is offering free consultations<\/a> to Indian nationals interested in EB-5 immigration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Visa Bulletin for August 2023 introduced significant delays for Indian nationals applying for the EB-1 visa. Due to a backlog of Indian EB-1 visa petitions, this category has retrogressed 10 years\u2014with a new cutoff date of January 1, 2012. This means that, in the vast majority of cases, applying for a Green Card through […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"about-us":[],"eb-5-program-page":[],"class_list":["post-78110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/78136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78110"},{"taxonomy":"about-us","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/about-us?post=78110"},{"taxonomy":"eb-5-program-page","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eb5visainvestments.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/eb-5-program-page?post=78110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}