A recently conducted review of US government has found that majority of the applications for employer sponsored green cards have come from companies that have their headquarters in the United States. Out of the list of top ten companies APPLYING FOR US IMMIGRATION on behalf of their employees in the last six months, just two companies from India, viz Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services were present.

Technology companies based in USA, such as Cisco, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, Cognizant, and Google have between themselves filed more number of applications for green cards for their employees from different countries. A major proportion of the beneficiaries of these employer sponsored GREEN CARDS were Indians. Amazon has filed more than 1,500 applications on behalf of its employees. NASSCOM, (National Association of Software and Services Companies), has said that the report supports its claim that there is a significant shortage of skilled workers in the United States and that companies based in America are hiring more people from countries like India, where they most of the skilled IT talent is available. The responsibility of applying for a green card rests with the individual worker. However, many US based companies apply for an Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker or I-140 in order to retain their highly skilled resources.

Employee based green cards are processed on a fast track basis when compared to a family sponsored green card. Especially at the senior management level, and if the company can prove with the employee’s past track record, that the employee will need to  travel multiple times to USA as part of his work profile, then the green card can be processed under the 1^st preference category or EB-1 visa category. The APPLICATION FOR EB-1 VISA can take less than a year to process, with some candidates obtaining their green cards in as less as nine months.

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Increase in demand from Indians for Golden Visa or Increase in Indians using investors’ visa for US entry

As the clampdown by the US government on its temporary visas like H-1B visas that are being used by IT professionals continues to make news, there has been a steep rise in the number of Indians who are taking benefit of another visa program which is also known and EB-5 to become citizens of the US. Many Indians are looking to migrate to the US through this program. Global Tree is among the best US Visa Consultants in Hyderabad that offer excellent immigration counseling services.

US EB-5 Visa Program

The EB-5 visa program of the US provides overseas residents an opportunity of becoming permanent residents of the US on a condition that they had invested around $5,00,000 in an EB-5 business which should be government approved or should create full-time jobs to work in the US.

Many Indians opting for EB-5 Visa

Visa applications from India have risen up since the previous year and were set to develop exponentially. As the country has become a key player since the year 2015. Around 30 applications were received from India during the year 2007-14, but now things have changed as the US is now getting around 200 visa applications every year.

There are around 10,000 visas to be grabbed each year with no nation is permitted to avail over 7% of the entire visas. If in case, the limit of applicants crosses the limit, then they are put on a waiting list. And if their slots remain vacant after the closure of applications, then the applications under waiting list is selected.

As per the statistics from the US government, investors from India have pumped in over $120 million through this visa program, recording a growth rate of 140% since the year 2014. This Visa Program Facilitates investment in targeted job markets, mostly in rural areas where the rate of unemployment is higher than the average.

Ticket to the US

Rich Indian citizens are choosing for EB-5 program for cutting through the line for gaining permanent residency of the US. Till now investors from India has pumped in over $120 million through this visa program. Donald Trump led administration has recently suggested that the program might be widened.

Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 to be held in Hyderabad, Telangana

Indian Prime Minister NarendraModi and US President Donald Trump had previously announced that the US and India would jointly host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017. The summit is going to be held in Hyderabad, Telangana from 28^th – 30^th November 2017. The theme of this summit would be “Women First, Prosperity for All”, which highlights the all-important role of woman in nurturing international growth and prosperity.

Many emerging businesspersons, investors and business leaders attend this summit from across the globe. It gives a platform for business persons to give their ideas, build partnerships, secure funding and creating innovative goods and services that would change societies. This year, the main focus would be on businesswoman and the potential that Woman could bring to Entrepreneurship.

Global Tree is one of the best overseas immigration consultants, having offices in Hyderabad, Bangalore, New Delhi, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Vizag, Vijayawada, Guntur and Pune. To know more about US visa and Immigration Process, call us or please log into our website Global Tree.