H-1B visas: Trump's US not barring all programmers, only entry-level ones

Memo issued over weekend is a clarification for a specific centre, not a wide-ranging rule change

Entry-level computer programmers will find it difficult to look for jobs in American companies via the H-1B visa route, a recent policy memorandum issued by the US government shows. 

However, contrary to various reports, computer programmers as a whole are not being targeted or barred from qualifying under the visa regime. As a category of professionals, they are still eligible to apply for H-1B visas. 

A guidance issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to one of its centres clarifying the existing policy on such matters sheds light on how such visa applications are to be handled. The