proposal to not extend H-1B visas +BENGALURU: The Donald Trump administration'sof those waiting for their Green Cards (permanent residency), if accepted, will have major ramifications for Indian IT professionals, IT industry body Nasscom said. US competitiveness will also be seriously affected, Nasscom added.Any such change in regulations will create a sudden reduction of skilled professionals in the US. For all the rhetoric of hiring locally, America is seen to be severely short of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) skills, making it imperative for MNCs to send thousands of skilled workers on H-1B visas to the US. "If the administration goes forward, they would first need to publish the proposed changes in a publication called the Federal Register. Then they would need to read and evaluate the comments before they could publish afinal rule," Yale-Loehr said.

Source: Times of India January 04, 2018 00:36 UTC