Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu was slammed for his two cents on the new Green Card rule that requires the Green Card applicants to leave the US and wait in their home country for the permanent residency in the US. Vembu urged visa holders in America to come home and to choose self-respect. "Once again, my appeal to Indians in America on a visa. Please come home. Even if you feel it is hardship and sacrifice, self-respect should dictate your course. Let's make Bharat proud," Vembu wrote, only to face a huge backlash as social media users pointed out that it is not a matter of self-respect. Many pointed out that not everyone has Vembu's situation that they can leave the US like he did after living in the US for 25 years.
The US announced that the 'Adjustment of Status' through which a visa holder becomes a permanent resident in the US the norm. It would be granted only n exceptional cases and otherwise all Green Card applicants would have to return to their country and they would have to go through the consular process. The announcement sent shockwaves as this will disrupt immigration processes and experts were also unsure about how the new rule would be implemented.
