Trump administration believes that the H-1B visa policy is misused by companies to replace American workers and currently reviewing the policy.
Under the current US rules, Indian IT professionals working in the US on H-1B visas do not get back their hard- earned contribution to Social Security, which runs into at least more than US $1 billion per annum.
Indian concerns on H1-B visa were conveyed during a meeting between EAM Sushma Swaraj and a US Congressional delegation from the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.
US President Donald Trump has proposed a point-based system for awarding green cards, preventing immigrants from sponsoring their extended families, and speeding up deportations.
US has resumed premium processing of H-1B work visas in all categories, months after it was suspended temporarily to handle the huge rush of applications.
Clampdown on H-1B visa programme will make it difficult for the US IT sector to attract open talent from countries like India and America might lose its competitive edge, a top American think-tank has said
Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the "spirit" of H1B visa with President Donald Trump during their recent meeting and made him agree on crucial contribution of the Indian skilled professionals to the US economy, External Affairs Minister Sushma
A growing number of Indians are turning to the O-1B and the EB-1A category for realising their 'American dream' following Trump administration's crackdown on H1-B visas
The H-1B visa issue that was looming on the India-US relationship in the run up to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden meeting with President Donald Trump did not figure in the talks between the two leaders
A White House official said H-1B visa issue is not on agenda of the meeting between PM Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump.
Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka today sought to refute the general impression that the Indian IT industry is overly dependent on H-1B visas for its business mode
The H-1B visa programme is unlikely to be a thorny issue in the maiden meeting between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the talks could yield a "win-win formula" for both the sides, USIBC said
A clarification memorandum from the USCIS came in response to a petition in this regard by Leena R Kamat from California who temporarily sought to employee people under H-1B visas having higher education.
The Trump administration has rolled out a new questionnaire for US visa applicants worldwide that asks for social media handles for the last five years and biographical information going back 15 years
Strict norms in the offing for the H1-B and L1 Visa Programme may have left thousands of Indian techies looking for a boost in their career in the lurch, the case is starkly different for those with deep pockets.
The announcement by Infosys is further evidence that companies are renewing investment in the US as a result of the Trump administration's "pro-growth economic agenda", the White House said
In an attempt to tide over visa-related issues, Indian IT major Infosys will hire about 10,000 locals in the US over the next two years and set up four technology and innovation hubs there.
The US administration has said that it greatly values investments by Indian companies and wants strong Indo-US economic ties.
The US has accused top Indian IT firms TCS and Infosys of unfairly cornering the lion's share of H-1B visas by putting extra tickets in the lottery system.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has “strongly raised” the H-1B visa issue with US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, highlighting the important role played by highly skilled Indian professionals in America, officials said.
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