US' visa ban on 75 nations to free up 50,000 Green Cards: Report

A recent pause in immigration visa processing for 75 countries might lead to an estimated 50,000 unused family-based Green Card quotas being transferred to employment-based categories by 2027, reported The Times of India. Immigration attorney Emily Neumann stated, citing 2024 data, that Pakistan had the highest number of family-based Green Card quota (15,000), followed by Bangladesh (8,000).