US denies visa holders not highly qualified |
More than 21 lakh Indian technology professionals have applied for H-1B work visas in the last 11 years. The report of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has also refuted the impression that those who applied for the visa were not highly qualified. US President Donald Trump is said to be preparing to issue executive orders on H1-B visas, the visas primarily used by Indian IT companies to send Indian professionals to the US. Also, a legislation has been introduced in the US House of Representatives which among other things calls for more than doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000. This is expected to make it tough for companies to use the programme. On an average, their salary over the last 11 years has been $92,317 and an overwhelming majority of them are masters or bachelor`s degree holder. Since 2007 till June 2017, the USCIS received 3.4 million (34 lakh) H-1B visas applications, of which people from India accounted for 21 lakh. During the same period, the US issued H-1B visas to 26 lakh people, the USCIS said in its report, which however does not give countrywide breakdown.
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