H1-B Visa Row: International workers in USA are worrying about Reforming the H1-B visa for the international workers in the country. According to the survey most of the H1 B visa holders belongs to India and placed in special occupation companies for different fields. So the Government of India has started to collect feedbacks from IT companies and other stakeholders to make strategies to ensure that the program do not affect legal H1 B workers in the country.
Government officials on H1 B visa tension
The Government of India has not officially respond on the Controversy in USA for H1-B Visa holders particularly for those visa holders who belongs to India. However officials are continuously in talk with IT firms and companies to check the ground report of the employees in USA. As per the report,
officials have said “We shouldn’t have a situation where there is an unpleasant issue which is created for our Indian workers who are (working) there legally. That is something that the government is constantly concerned about,”
As per the reports, the government is closely monitoring the H1 B visa issue and ensuring to not negatively impact on the workers in the USA.
IT Ministry is in talk with IT companies
The Ministry of IT is actively collaborating with major software companies and organizations like Nasscom to gather insights and feedback about the current challenges in the industry. Officials have stressed the need to maintain India’s strong position in the global technology market. They believe that political changes in the US should not disrupt the legal and operational frameworks supporting this competitiveness.
Instead of viewing these developments as additional restrictions, officials are focusing on how American policies evolve under the Biden administration. They are closely monitoring the situation to understand the potential impact on Indian IT, technology, and management professionals working abroad.
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Government representatives have emphasized that it’s important to remain adaptive and assess these policy changes from a broader perspective, rather than interpreting them solely as limiting measures. The approach aims to ensure that India’s tech sector remains resilient and prepared for future developments.
Donald Trump on H1-B Visa Issue
Elon Musk who is very close to the Donald Trump is actively participating in this debate where he firstly told H1 B program as a broken program and after that have also highlighted the importance of the skilled workers migration in the country. As he is continuously discussing the importance of reforming the H1 B rules and decreasing the minimum salary to the International employees, so people worrying as the new administration in the USA can propose major reforms and Improvements in the program.
Trump Asked
But Trump recently talked about this issue to the media where he answered this question: Why did you change your mind on H1B visas?.
Trump replied : I didn’t change my mind. I always felt we have to have the most competent people in our country. We need competent people. We need smart people coming into our country. We need a lot of people coming in. We’re going to have jobs like we’ve never had before.
So it is the first official statement of the new President in USA which is Giving relief thousands of migrant workers in the country under the H1-B visa program.
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Why the issue begins
The H1-B issue begins after the post by far-right activist Laura Loomer who Criticized the newly appointed Sriram Krishnan as Senior White House Policy Advisor on AI who Belongs to Chennai, India. He is a Indian migrant worker in USA who is placed in White House through the H1-B program.
She highlighted that Overseas workers are occupying job opportunities of the Americans through this visa program. After the post circulating on social media, many business profiles have discussed this issue including Elon Musk and shared their mixed view on the program where few are criticizing the program and others are demanding to Reform the improvements and provisions in the program.
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