Igniting hope for India’s skilled workers, President Barack Obama has assured Prime Minister Narendra Modi of looking into country’s concerns on the H-1B visa issue as part of his comprehensive immigration reform.
Further, the Prime Minister also acknowledged President’s ongoing efforts to work with Congress in pursuit of comprehensive immigration reform. While, Obama assured that PM that his administration would be in touch with the Indian government on issues related to H-1B visas, popular among Indian techies.
Notably, Obama had in November bypassed the Congress and unveiled immigration reforms to protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. The reforms have yet to be completely implemented.
This development definitely is encouraging for the information technology and outsourcing industry, which earns billions of dollars sending Indian engineers and programmers to the U.S and wants America to raise the ceiling on the number of skilled-worker visas it issues every year. Presently, the ceiling for H-1B visas is 65,000 per year, a quota that is usually reached in a matter days.
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