"was carrying two flight crew members as well as 17 technicians employed to conduct routine maintenance on the aircraft.[2] Saurya Airlines said that maintenance on the aircraft was due to formally begin on 25 July."
I don't know why the article says it's a test flight. Perhaps they just mean it wasn't a commercial flight for paying passengers?
Student visas just let students be in the US and have no path to green card.
The paths to green card I'm aware of are being a family member to a citizen, being sponsored by your employer, the diversity visa and the job creation green card.
It sounds to me like he is proposing to skip the whole second paragraph?
"Kamala"