Every year, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issues around 85,000 H1B visas, most of which are taken up by employees of major Indian tech firms. “I have been on H1B visa for the last two years. Earlier this month, three bills seeking to reform the H1B visa programme were tabled in the US. Every year, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) issues around 85,000 H1B visas, most of which are taken up by employees of major Indian tech firms. Driven by such sentiments over the proposed changes in the H1B visa norms, several recruitment agencies in India said they were seeing an influx of job applications and queries from Indian professionals in the last few weeks.

Source: Mint February 07, 2017 05:18 UTC