H-1B Visa: Here Are Latest Developments In USCIS Polices
The Trump administration in the US has announced several measures to detect "fraud and abuse" of H-1B work visas - popular among Indian IT firms and professionals. The announcement by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services or USCIS came on the same day the US agency started accepting applications for H-1B visas for the new fiscal year (starting October 1, 2017). Tech companies rely on the programme to bring in workers with special skill. "Protecting American workers by combating fraud in our employment-based immigration programs is a priority for USCIS," the American agency's website said in a release titled "Putting American Workers First".
Although, IT industry body Nasscom said the US' latest memo on H-1B visas would have "little impact" on Indian IT firms as they have already started applying for visas for higher-level specialised professionals this year.