Indian government has expressed hope that US’ review of the H-1B visa regime would take into account the contribution of Indian companies to American businesses along with the positive bilateral relations between the two countries.
Information Technology (IT) Secretary Aruna Sundararajan has said that concerns on visa changes were ‘premature’ as the US administration has merely initiated a review and no action has been taken yet to curb the number of such work permits to Indian companies. However, she also expressed hope that when the US government does the meeting for review of the H1-B visa regime, they will take into account what has been value added by Indian companies.
IT secretary further highlighted that only 17% of the total 85,000 visas go to Indian companies, and that a very large number of US companies actually ride on the back of the services provided by the Indian companies. She also said that the Indian government is already in very close co-ordination with the US authorities, and the value proposition and the partnership India has with the US is well known. She added that any changes or any review will be built on that foundation.