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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Green cards are not 'immigrant visas.' Green cards are proof of permanent legal residence. It means you can stay here forever. There are waiting lists for certain kinds of visas and different amounts of times certain kinds of visas have to wait before they are eligible to apply for a green card. So you are completely wrong and apparently don't even know what a green card is. [/quote]

Oh my gosh.  The low information on display here is appalling.  A green card holder is an immigrant. To get a green card it to immigrate.   All those other visas you are talking about are called “non-immigrant visas.”  A green card is valid for usually ten years, not forever.  If the immigrant maintains eligibility and is not inadmissible, they can renew at that time.  Immigrant visas are capped for the preference categories.  Some, not all, non-immigrant visas are also capped like the H visas.  Others are not.

Take a look at the visa bulletin and get smart.    https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2018/visa-bulletin-for-august-2018.html

Now tell me there is no cap.   On second though, just go away and keep your bad info off the board.[/quote]

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