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About 2,27,000 Indians waiting for family-sponsored US Green Card

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More than 2,27,000 Indians are waiting for family-sponsored Green Card or legal permanent residency, according to the latest data.

There are about four million people currently waiting in line for family-sponsored Green Cards against a Congressional cap of 226,000 per annum.

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The largest number of 1.5 million waitlist is from Mexico, followed by India with 227,000 and China with nearly 180,000.

Most of those in the family-sponsored Green Card waiting list are siblings of US citizens. According to the current law, US citizens can sponsor their family members and blood relatives for Green Cards or permanent legal residency.

US President Donald Trump is against such a provision which he calls as chain immigration and wants to abolish this.

In addition to four million family-sponsored Green Card applicants, another 827,000, a sizeable number of whom are from India, are waiting in line for permanent legal residency.

According to DHS, a majority of Indians waiting in line for family-based Green Cards are siblings of US citizens. They number over 181,000. This is followed by 42,000 married children of US citizens and over 2,500 spouses and minor children of permanent residents.

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