eagle act Flashcards
full form of eagle act
equal access to green cards for legal employment act
what does this act do
to phase out 7% per country and employment based immigrant visa and increase limit of family sponsored visa from 7% to 15% per country
predecessor to this act
fairness for high skilled immigrants act 2019
how many indian immigrants
over 2.7 mil
cato institute reported that _% of backlog for employment based visa were indians
75
bill ensures no country to receive more than _% of reserved visas and no country may receive more than _ of unreserved visas
25%. 85%.
bill de-emphasises on _ and focuses on_
country of origin. merit and first come first serve.
it provides for _ year period for the elimination of this limit
9 year
time limit of h1b visa
6 years
who introduced this bill
joe lofgren and john curtis
