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Green card seekers turn to ‘Gandhigiri'

Washington: US immigration authorities have received about 300,000 applications for employment visas from foreign professional workers in a deluge unleashed by a bit of "Gandhigiri" by unhappy Indian green card seekers. The Indians sent thousands of flowers to US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) director Emilio Gonzalez in the second week of July to protest a last minute reversal of a June announcement offering expedited processing for H1-B visa holders. USCIS said it was swamped by applications for permanent residence visas, known as green cards - numbering more than double the annual limit of 140,000 - after it gave an additional period ended August 17 to immigrants with professional skills to file such petitions. The applications came pouring in after the federal agency first said it would not accept any applications for such visas during July and then reversed course following a unique protest by Indian applicants for per manent residency. "The public rea