Highlights 1 The H1-B visa reform bill calls for doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000. 3 The legislation will make it hard for firms to use the programme to replace US employees with foreign workers. Shorty after an American Congressman tabled a H1-B visa reform bill in the House of Representatives, India said it has conveyed its concerns to the United States over a move that is expected to hit the burgeoning Indian Information Technology industry. The US bill calls for doubling the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders to $130,000 from the current minimum wage of $60,000. This is more than double of the current H-1B minimum wage of $60,000 which was established in 1998 and has since remained unchanged, according to a statement.

Source: India Today January 31, 2017 11:12 UTC