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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Serious question: who sets the number of green cards allowed each year?  Is it the Congress or the Executive Branch?[/quote]

Green cards is not the thing that is limited. You are either eligible for a green card or not. The executive branch limits the amount of visas issued for all the different ways you can enter (other than tourism which isn't really limited). So executive branch limits # of refugees, # of H-1bs, # of H-2bs etc. Some statuses don't have limits, usually because they aren't used all the time like a K visa or a O visa.

If you are eligible to adjust to become a legal permanent resident you can apply for a green card but there isn't a cap on green cards in a specific year like there is a cap on other types of status. [/quote]

This is completely wrong.  Immigrant visas (green cards) are indeed capped by Congress for everybody but IRs of US citizens.  That’s why there is a waiting list to get a  green card in preference categories.  Some categories have short waits - like 2 1/2 years others are backlogged more than 20 years. [/quote]

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