Sunday, February 9th, 2025

Living in US has become easier, America is ‘kind’ to Indians, changed the policy regarding Green Card!

US Green Card Process: Getting a green card in America is a very challenging task, but if you have money then you will not have much difficulty. The reason for this is that a special program is run in the US to give green card. It’s called the EB-5 (Investment-Based Green Card) program. In recent times, some people have taken wrong advantage of this program, about which the US government has now become alert and has taken a big decision regarding it.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has updated its policy manual for the EB-5 (Investment-Based Green Card) program. This has been done so that ‘good faith’ investors can be protected. The EB-5 program is known as a program to obtain a green card through investment. This program is quite popular among Indians. Indians living on H-1B visa take the help of this program to quickly obtain permanent residency in America.

Green card not received even after investment

In fact, applicants have to wait for decades for employment-based green cards. For this reason, high net worth people get green cards in America through the EB-5 program. But many such cases have come to light, where despite investing substantial amount, investors have not only lost their investment money but have also lost their hopes of getting a green card. Regional centers involved in issuing green cards have been issued notices for not depositing the investment money in the Integrity Fund.

Many such cases have been reported where regional centers have not deposited money in the Integrity Fund, due to which investors have lost money. Considering all these things, now the US government is going to issue guidelines regarding ‘good faith’ investors. Let us tell you that under the EB-5 program, investors are given a green card after investing 8 lakh dollars or approximately 10 lakh dollars. The purpose of this program is to create employment for American citizens in rural or backward areas of America.

What steps has the government taken regarding Green Card?

Measures to increase transparency and compliance have been introduced through the ‘EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act, 2022’. This is being done to protect credible investors who want to obtain a green card by following the rules of the EB-5 program. The government wants that no investor should lose the opportunity to obtain a green card due to irregularities in regional centers or agents.

USCIS’s policy update is protecting investors. It states that if the US government dismisses the regional center or the company in which the investment was made is kicked out of the EB-5 program. Even in such circumstances, the investor will be considered eligible for green card. In this way, those Indians who become victims of fraud in the name of Green Card are also going to benefit.

Also, USCIS has clarified that if an investor knew that the agent was committing fraud, then he/she/she has been dismissed from the visa program. he/she can no longer avail benefits under Section 203(b)(5)(M) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). he/she will not be given any exemption even if he/she knew that the agent was committing fraud but still did not complain about it.

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