Americans who have been waiting more than five years for a green card may begin receiving work permits.

 In the early phases of a Green Card application, a presidential advisory commission has considered the potential for providing job authorization cards. If the Biden administration approves this plan, highly skilled foreign employees won't have to wait as long for their Permanent Resident Cards.

The recommendation suggests that the Department of Homeland Security's US Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHS-USCIS) issue travel documents and employment authorization documents (EADs) to people whose I-140 employment-based visa petitions in the EB-1, EB-2, and EB-3 categories have been approved.

Regardless of whether they have submitted petitions for adjustment of status, the change would also apply to applicants who have been stuck in the visa backlog for five years or longer. Members of the President's Advisory Commissioner for Asian American Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander commission held a thorough discussion on the proposal put forth by a prominent leader in the Indian-American community and commission member Ajay Jain Bhutoria, who in his presentation emphasized the difficulties faced by H-1B visa holders in the United States.

According to Bhutoria, such a change would benefit the US by guaranteeing that it can continue to draw in and keep talent from around the world in the STEM fields and by enhancing the lives of those individuals who were born outside of the US.

The recommendation comes at a time when highly skilled foreign-born workers, including Indians, face protracted delays in the processing of their immigrant visas, delays during which they might miss out on job opportunities or be forced to leave the country because their previous non-immigrant visas have run out.

He pointed out that by awarding EADs to these people, the US may keep using their skills and knowledge while the immigration permits are still being processed.

Several scientists, engineers, and medical professionals who were born abroad would also benefit from the program because they frequently experience a great deal of uncertainty and stress as they wait for their visas to be issued.

The issuance of EADs would give them and their families more stability and security.

For the United States, the plan would be beneficial to both the nation and the talented foreign-born people looking to contribute to it. Bhutoria also emphasized in his recommendations the difficulties that H-1B visa holders face, such as those related to visa restrictions, limited opportunities for professional advancement, discrimination, unpredictability, protracted processing times, scarce job and travel opportunities, and family separation.

The recommendation to grant EADs to these people would give them more job opportunities, better job security, the capacity to launch a business, flexibility in living at home, the ability to invest and establish a life in the US, the freedom to travel without worrying about visa stamping or appointments, mental peace, better health, and the capacity to stay in touch with family.