Lawmakers Push Biden for Earlier Green Card Applications (2)

A bipartisan group of more than 50 lawmakers is pressing the Biden administration to allow thousands of applicants stuck in green card backlogs to apply for permanent residency much sooner than they otherwise would be able to.

Allowing all immigrants with an approved employment-based immigrant petition to file their applications as soon as the new fiscal year begins would ensure that all available green cards are used each year, the 58 House members said in a letter Friday.

Although an earlier application date wouldn’t necessarily mean that individuals secure permanent residency sooner, it would allow those immigrants to get interim ...