Hired hands: Wait for green card tries visa holders
Via The Sacremento Bee
08/08/2006
Obtaining permanent residence frustrates foreign professionals.
08/08/2006
Obtaining permanent residence frustrates foreign professionals.
Raghu Ballal, a civil engineer for the Shaw Group, plans to get his MBA in the United Kingdom after being frustrated at the wait for a green card in the U.S. He will apply for fast-track residency through the U.K.'s Highly Skilled Migrant Program. Sacramento Bee/Autumn Cruz
Raghu Ballal hates feeling forced out of America.
The Indian-born engineer regrets leaving a well-paying job with the subsidiary of a Fortune 500 company -- and giving up opportunities to pursue a master's degree in business administration at the University of California at Berkeley or Los Angeles.
The long wait Ballal and his wife face for legal permanent residency -- for green cards -- has pushed them to pursue the American dream in another country.
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Posted by Ashwin Sharma at 8/9/2006 1:33 PM 
Categories: Processing Dates, General News, Articles and Commentaries, Employment Based Green Cards, H-1B Visas
Categories: Processing Dates, General News, Articles and Commentaries, Employment Based Green Cards, H-1B Visas
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