H-1B visa issue: Sushma says not to worry, IT firms go for local hiring

Indian IT companies use H-1B visa to fly engineers to the US to service clients temporarily

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday said there was no reason to worry about the curbs on H1B visas or the job security of Indian IT professionals working in the US for the time being, as the Indian government was in talks with the US regarding this.

"Currently there are four Bills in the US Congress about curbs on H-1B visas. We are engaged (in a dialogue) with the US at very high level regarding this... We are making all efforts (through diplomatic channels) to ensure these Bills are not passed," Sushma said in the Rajya Sabha.

"So there