<span style="color: #222222;">The US House of Representatives has passed a bill aimed at lifting the present seven per cent country-cap on issuing Green Cards. <br />''<br />''The move will benefit thousands of highly-skilled Indian IT professionals. A Green Card allows a person to live and work permanently in the US. <br />''<br />''The bill, however, has to be passed by the Senate, wherein the Republicans enjoy a majority, before it can be signed into law by President Donald Trump. <br />''<br />''The bill, on being signed into law, will considerably shorten the agonising wait of talented professionals from countries like India who have applied for permanent residency in the United States. <br />''<br />''Indian IT professionals, most of whom are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on the H-1B work visas, are the worst sufferers of the seven per cent per country quota on allotment of the coveted Green Cards. </span><br />