
Are green cards being wasted? More than 66,000 employment-based green cards went to waste last yearas US Citizenship and Immigration Services officials worked through massive pandemic-driven backlogs and an unprecedented number of petitions for work visas.
How many green cards will be wasted in 2021? Despite about 1.4 million immigrants waiting for an employment‐based green card in 2021, the government only used 195,507 of the 262,288 available green card numbers, wasting 66,781 green cards.
How many green cards wasted 2022? Under immense pressure USCIS has to issue 280,000 greens cards before the end of their FY 2022. This deadline is unique because USCIS and other immigration agencies FY starts every year on October 1st.
What happens when your green card runs out? What happens when my green card expires? Your status as a legal permanent resident does not change if your green card expires. Although an expired green card does not mean that you lose your LPR status, you may encounter some problems: If you travel, you will have difficulty reentering the United States.