Now US will tighten H-1B visa verification too: How this impacts Indians

With the new policy, both H-1B and L1 visa holders will have to follow the eligibility process while applying for visa renewal or extension

The US government is toughening the process for renewing the popular foreign work visas H-1B and L1, both of which are popular with Indian companies based in the US.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services advised its officers to "apply the same level of scrutiny" to extension requests for the H-1B visa, among other sought-after visas.

So in essence, officers must review requests for renewal as thoroughly as they would for initial visa applications. And, requests to extend visas will be checked for eligibility again, even if all details in the application are unchanged from the original one.

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