new visa policy +Indian working professionals +the two Prime Ministers +UK's Shortage Occupation List +HANGZHOU: Britain'scould have a "negative impact" on' short term business visits to the UK, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told his British counterpart Theresa May during their first meeting after she became Premier.Meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit,also discussed further enhancement of bilateral defence partnership, external affairs ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said. "Prime Minister also touched on UK's visa policy. In particular, he said that the new UK regulations could have negative impact on Indian working professionals wishing to visit UK for short term business visits," Swarup said.As per new visa policy, non-EU workers will need to earn at least 35,000 pounds to remain in the UK for longer than six years unless they are working in a PhD-level occupation or a job which is on the, including nurses. India, Modi said, also needed more UK participation in 'Make in India'.The Prime Minister also referred to passage of GST bill, which he said would further boost trade and investment ties with UK, Swarup saidModi also invited May to visit India in her new capacity. May accepted the invitation and said she would like to make as early a visit to India as possible.

Source: Times of India September 05, 2016 12:45 UTC