Indian Immigrants Lose Another Challenge to Green Card Policies

An appellate court rejected the latest challenge by Indian immigrants to US policies on green card wait times.

The three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit found that visa adjudication is a discretionary decision shielded from judicial review. The decision means the plaintiffs must continue on temporary employment visas until green cards become available.

Indian immigrants have brought multiple cases in multiple circuit courts arguing that changes to projected visa availability have unfairly added years to their wait for permanent residency.

Annual green card quotas for a given country mean these immigrants already face decade-long ...