The tightening of H1-B work visa rules in the US would be advantageous to Indian IT firms as they would shift more work offshore and also be in a position to improve their billing rate, says industry veteran T V Mohandas Pai.
India is holding talks talks with the Donald Trump administration over the US H1-B visa issue and also working with the industries, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.
While the Trump administration, on one hand, continues with its hard-nosed approach against H-1B visa programme, Asian country Singapore seems to be walking on the footprints of the United States.
A top American Senator has said that the H-1B visas should be ‘scaled up and ramped down’ in accordance with the needs of the US economy.
A series of alleged hate crimes and the fear and anxiety about potential changes to visa policies by the Trump Administration has led to a sharp decline in the number of Indian applicants to universities in the United States.
Sushma Swaraj has said that the government is not yet ready to accept the United States’ version on a list of 271 Indians living, who have been identified by the Trump administration as ‘illegal immigrants’ living in the US.
Amid the ongoing uncertainties over the H1-B visa programme, the Centre on Thursday said that there was no reason to worry about the curbs on visas or the job security of Indian IT professionals for the time being.
The United States has conveyed to India that there is no significant change in the H1B visa regime, Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today.
A top US Senator has said that the purpose behind offering H-1B work visa and employment-based green card categories is getting lost because they do not bring in Ph.D.s and computer scientists but only mid-level data management workers.
The temporary suspension of premium H1-B visa processing by the US administration would delay their issue to the Indian IT firms too but is not a major imperdiment, said industry's representative body NASSCOM on Sunday.
The US has told India in no uncertain terns that the H-1B visa issue is not a priority for the Donald Trump.
newly appointed CEO of Tata Consultancy Services, Rajesh Gopinathan, has said that he is not "overtly perturbed" by the proposed overhaul but has sought a "level-playing field" with similar policies
Amid growing concerns over President Donald Trump signing new executive orders curbing the H-1B Visa programme, a top Republican Senator has said that he does not expect the administration to weaken the scheme, sought-after by Indian IT professionals
Amid concerns raised by the Indian IT firms over changes proposed by the Donald Trump administration in the H1B Visa programme, the government on Friday said that it was in talks with the US administration and hopeful of finding a solution soon.
Amid uncertainty looming large over the fate of H1B Visa programme, Indian IT sector leaders will meet both US lawmakers and President Donald Trump's officials later this month to lobby against any major changes to visa regulations.
After banning immigrants from seven Muslim-majority nations, President Donald Trump is preparing to sign an executive order to revamp the H1-B Visa, used by tech companies and IT professionals including from India.
Indian IT firms face the risk of higher operational costs and shortage of skilled workers as the new US regime proposes to raise minimum wages of H-1B visa holders to USD 130,000 (Rs 87 lakh).
Donald Trump administration has drafted an executive order aimed at strangulating work-visa programmes, including the H1B and L1, used by tech companies and IT professionals.
A day after the introduction of a bill recommending key changes in the H-1B Visa programme in the US Congress, Indian IT stocks fell as much as four per cent today. The top four IT companies -- TCS, Infosys, Wipro and HCL Tech -- together lost over R
Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, the issue of H-1B Visa has once again gained media attention in the United States. Two Congressmen – Darrell Issa and Scott Peters – both from California, have re-introduced a bill to modify the e
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