The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialised fields. The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise in specialised fields. “Among leading Indian IT companies are American companies that are working in India. As I see it, American companies themselves will pressurise them,” the official said. India’s foreign secretary S Jaishankar would visit the US on Tuesday and could discuss India’s concerns about the possible clampdown on H1B visa programme with his counterparts in Washington DC.

Source: Indian Express February 27, 2017 19:30 UTC