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> Which mostly go to people in the very, very, very long backlog.

There is an upper limit that restricts the number of greencards given to applicants of any one country to 7%.

The reason there are very very long backlogs for China and India is because they both combined account for only 14% of the green cards awarded each year. The remaining green cards are mostly unused.

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This is not true. Green cards are distributed across countries respecting the 7% limit, but the remaining green cards are distributed to those in the backlog.

This is specifically not happening. There have been multiple attempts to pass a bill to recapture the unused greencards - none of the bills have been passed.

I am talking about the employment based greencard backlog. I’m not familiar with the situation with other categories.

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