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I know of people who have been in the U.S. legally for over 10 years bouncing from visa to visa or from school to school or job to job, but they have never been eligible for a green card. I wonder if there have been people who have managed to stay legally in the U.S. for decades without ever finding a company or U.S. citizen spouse who can let them immigrate permanently. These kind of people want to stay in the U.S. and are always juggling the possibility of having to return to a home country where they don't know anyone anymore.
Perhaps diplomats' children face this dilemma? But I'm sure there are regular people as well, who came here with their parents and went to high school here, then they got an F-1 visa to go to college and then grad school, and then an H1-B visa to work.
Many foreign business owners are in the position you describe. Legally here on E2 visa and not eligible for a green card....horrible stories!
And than to think they will give a green card to people who broke the law and are illegally here while these honest business owners provide jobs and don't have a path to citizenship!
many foreign business owners are in the position you describe. Legally here on e2 visa and not eligible for a green card....horrible stories!
And than to think they will give a green card to people who broke the law and are illegally here while these honest business owners provide jobs and don't have a path to citizenship!
I know of people who have been in the U.S. legally for over 10 years bouncing from visa to visa or from school to school or job to job, but they have never been eligible for a green card. I wonder if there have been people who have managed to stay legally in the U.S. for decades without ever finding a company or U.S. citizen spouse who can let them immigrate permanently. These kind of people want to stay in the U.S. and are always juggling the possibility of having to return to a home country where they don't know anyone anymore.
Perhaps diplomats' children face this dilemma? But I'm sure there are regular people as well, who came here with their parents and went to high school here, then they got an F-1 visa to go to college and then grad school, and then an H1-B visa to work.
Are you asking specifically about people who aren't eligible for GC but stay here, or do you mean the people who have to wait 10 yrs on H1-b for a Green card because of the backlog?
For India the wait time for E-B3 Green card is 10 years FROM approval of the GC petition, which can take a year plus, and they will already have been here maybe a year on the H1-b before the company apply for the Green card.
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