Tag: H1B visa

Hope US review of non-immigration visa considers benefits to H1-B: Foreign Secratary

In a virtual address to NASSCOM, Shringla said there is some anxiety among Indians and the industry about restrictions on H1-B visa due to the US administration's review of their non-immigrant visa regime.

June 4, 2020

H-1B, J-1 visa rules stand in way of medical response to COVID-19: US Lawmakers

The H-1B visa is tied with the specific speciality for which they are issued, a doctor with this visa cannot be roped in for any other public health program or temporarily transferred or posted to other place.

April 16, 2020

IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad discusses data sovereignty with USIBC

The minister also noted that "democratic countries including the US and India" need to work together on both the opportunities and challenges emerging in the digital space, he said.

November 13, 2018

Finding strategic ways

One of the recent bills reintroduced by the US Congress aims to tighten the existing H1B Visa norms that has shaken the Indian IT industry. These amendments are in line with President Donald Trump’s “America First” strategy that would potentially jeopardise a good number of the IT sector jobs which are currently outsourced to India....

May 11, 2017

H1B visa concerns conveyed to US, says Ravi Shankar Prasad

India's concerns over H1B visa related developments have been conveyed at the "highest quarters" in the US, Union IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Saturday. The IT ecosystem is based upon "reciprocity" approach, and India neither creates boundaries nor appreciates boundaries, the minister said. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Washington had met the Commerce...

April 22, 2017

No need to worry about H1B visa issue for now, says Sushma

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said there was no reason to worry about the curbs on H1B visas or the job security of Indian IT professionals working in the US for the time being as the Indian government is in talks with the US regarding this. "Currently there are four bills in the...

March 23, 2017

Trump seeks 60 days to respond to case on H1B visa issue

The Trump administration has sought 60 days from a US appeals court to "consider" its response in a case challenging Obama government's decision to allow spouses of H-1B visa holders to work in the US, putting the jobs of thousands of Indians at stake. The H1-B community, which includes a large number of Indians, had...

March 8, 2017

US will need more H-1B if businesses, manufacturing return: Jaishankar

The United States will need more H-1B visa-holding skilled professionals if more businesses and manufacturing come back to the US under President Donald Trump's plans, according to Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar. Making the case for the H-1B visa programme now under pressure in the US, he said that such professionals would be essential for making...

March 4, 2017

H1B visa holders’ uncertain future

U.S. President Donald Trump’s “buy American and hire American” focus may adversely affect the H1B visas which allow skilled-workers from around the world to apply for jobs in American companies.   The H1B visa holders can apply for permanent residency in the US and can buy property in the country. These visas were sometimes used...

February 24, 2017

EU open to accommodate more Indian skilled professionals

The European Union on Wednesday said it is ready to accommodate more Indian IT professionals and denounced any form of protectionism in global trade, amid anxiety in India over the Trump administration's possible clampdown on H1B visa. Pushing for deeper trade ties with India, a delegation of European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs also expressed...

February 22, 2017

EU open to accommodate more Indian skilled professionals

The European Union on Wednesday said it is ready to accommodate more Indian IT professionals and denounced any form of protectionism in global trade, amid anxiety in India over the Trump administration's possible clampdown on H1B visa. Pushing for deeper trade ties with India, a delegation of European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs also expressed...

February 22, 2017

EU open to accommodate more Indian skilled professionals

The European Union on Wednesday said it is ready to accommodate more Indian IT professionals and denounced any form of protectionism in global trade, amid anxiety in India over the Trump administration's possible clampdown on H1B visa. Pushing for deeper trade ties with India, a delegation of European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs also expressed...

February 22, 2017

Govt in talks with US on H1B visa issue

Amid concerns raised by the Indian Information Technology industry on the US visa regime, the government on Friday said it was in talks with the US administration on the H1B visa issue. Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravishankar Prasad told The Statesman that the ministry was coordinating with the External Affairs Ministry and the government...

February 10, 2017

Govt in talks with US on H1B visa issue

Amid concerns raised by the Indian Information Technology industry on the US visa regime, the government on Friday said it was in talks with the US administration on the H1B visa issue. Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravishankar Prasad told The Statesman that the ministry was coordinating with the External Affairs Ministry and the government...

February 10, 2017

We are engaged with the US on H1B visa issue: India

India on Thursday said it is engaged with the Donald Trump administration as well as members of the US Congress on concerns regarding the H1B visa issue, amidst apprehension that there may be a clamp down on it which can hurt Indian IT industry. "We continue to engage both members of the US administration as...

February 9, 2017

It is the duty of Indian government to protect IT personnel: Mamata

Expressing concern over the news about H1B visa in the United States, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said it is the duty of the Indian government to protect the interests of Indian IT companies and IT professionals abroad. "News about H1B visas is concerning. We must protect our IT companies and professionals and...

February 2, 2017

Trump to clamp down on H-1B visas for Indians

US President Donald Trump is expected to sign a new executive order aimed at strangulating work-visa programmes, including the H1B and L1 visas used by Indian IT professionals, as part of a larger immigration reform effort, a top White House official has said. The executive order drafted by the Trump Administration not only strangulates H-1B...

January 31, 2017