Good News for Indians! U.S. to Grant More Green Cards to Graduates

Bangalore: U.S. President Barack Obama's comprehensive immigration reform policy under the recently introduced legislation by a bipartisan group shows that over 11 million illegal immigrants in U.S. will have legal citizenship soon. The good news for Indians is that there is a proposal to grant more green cards to international graduate students studying science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM), as reported Ishani Duttagupta for ET Bureau.

Around 1 lakh Indian students enrolled in the U.S. in 2011-12, which is a drop of 3.5 percent over the previous year. Most Indian students go to America to attain advanced degrees in engineering, science and maths.  Many of them return when they cannot find jobs as there are no visa numbers for them, hence, creating special grants will help some to stay there.

Rahul Choudaha, director of research, World Education Services, a New York-based non-profit agency specializing in international education was quoted by ET Bureau "The recent momentum for skilled immigration in STEM fields is going to significantly benefit Indians, especially students intending to study in the U.S. as over 70 percent of Indian students are enrolled in STEM fields."

He added that "The number of Indian students in the U.S. had been stagnating for the last few years and the brighter prospects of immigration would increase the attractiveness of the U.S."

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