US President Donald Trump on Tuesday April 19,2017 ordered a review of the US visa
programme for bringing high-skilled foreign workers into the country,
putting technology firms and the outsourcing companies that serve them
on notice that possible changes may be ahead.
Seeking to carry out a campaign pledge to put "America First," Trump signed an executive order on the H-1B visa programme.
It was vague on many fronts, and did not change existing rules, but one objective, said Trump aides, is to modify or replace the current lottery for H-1B visas with a merit-based system that would restrict the visas to highly skilled workers. Indian nationals are the largest group of H-1B recipients annually.
Seeking to carry out a campaign pledge to put "America First," Trump signed an executive order on the H-1B visa programme.
It was vague on many fronts, and did not change existing rules, but one objective, said Trump aides, is to modify or replace the current lottery for H-1B visas with a merit-based system that would restrict the visas to highly skilled workers. Indian nationals are the largest group of H-1B recipients annually.
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