U.S. Aims to Secure Green Cards for Clergy, Women Religious Amid Shortage

U.S. Aims to Secure Green Cards for Clergy, Women Religious Amid Shortage

(Photo: Ricardo Gomez via Unsplash) PROSPECT HEIGHTS — For the past two years, foreign-born priests and religious were told to prepare to leave the United States if their temporary work visas expired before receiving their green cards. This situation resulted from a sudden backlog in applications for Employment-Based, Fourth Preference (EB-4) visas, also known as green cards. Consequently, some foreign-born religious workers of numerous denomina…