An Indian-origin investor shared his green card journey, but was criticized on social media because he was favoring those who wait for decades for permanent residence in the US, yet do not get it. Silicon Valley investor Arnav Sahu’s post comes in the context of the US administration’s new green card rule that will require many applicants to leave the US and return to their home country to apply for their green card. Adjustment of status, in which an applicant can convert his or her non-immigrant visa to a green card, will be allowed only in cases the administration deems appropriate – and not in all cases.Sahoo said it took him eight years to get a green card and it went even faster because he applied through a special petition through EB-1. EB-1 is for people of exceptional ability, outstanding professors, researchers, managers, or executives. Not everyone can qualify for it and so the wait for it has to be short. “I know people who have been in the country for 25 years, have children, and still don’t have a green card,” Sahu wrote.Sahu was responding to Canadian engineer Travell Blackwell’s comments on the new rule. Blackwell said, “People may not realize that processing green card applications takes months to years. So someone can come in on an O-1 or H-1B, work for 5 years, be serious in their role, apply, and then have to give up their job. This is incredibly damaging to American industry.”However, Sahu’s eight-year wait story did not sit well with social media users as they questioned why foreigners feel so entitled to get a green card in the US. He also pointed out that the backlog began when the system allowed many people to obtain green cards. One wrote, “This is evidence that too many people have been let in. If this were a reasonable amount, the envisaged system could handle the influx.”Another wrote, “Why do Indians expect special treatment? I am also an immigrant and it took us a long time to get citizenship. You are coming on a temporary visa. Temporary. No one has to give you a green card because you keep extending your temporary status.”Reacting to the situation presented by Sahu, where people have been living in the US for 25 years with their families, children and are still on temporary visas, social media users asked why such people do not leave the US. “Why are they having kids on temporary visas?” One asked.Another asked, “It took me 12. That’s the process. So what do you mean? This is not supposed to be a fee for all. The US has the right to be selective like India, Australia, Canada etc.”