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India steps up lobbying with Trump administration to avert H1B visa threat

Earlier, PM Modi urged Washington to keep an open mind on admitting skilled Indian workers

US Congressmen to discuss H1-B visa issue with Ravi Shankar Prasad today

Microsoft's chief Satya Nadella is also scheduled to meet Ravi Shankar Prasad separately on Tuesday

Republican Senator does not expect Trump to weaken H1B visas

H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows American firms to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations

H1B visas help American firms remain competitive, says Navtej Sarna

H1B visa is non-immigrant visa that allows American firms to employ foreign workers

Govt seeks data from industry to take up H1B visa issue with US

Indian IT sector contributes 9.3% to the country's GDP

Tech world jeers too at visa route

Tech companies depend on the 85,000 workers allowed into US annually under the H1B visa programme

Opposition wants govt to make statement on H1B visa issue

Commerce minister to meet IT firms after February 9

Opposition demands Modi govt statement on H1B visa issue

Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to meet IT firms after February 9

Nirmala Sitharaman to hold meeting with industry on US visa issue soon

She adds that India is closely monitoring the developments and is constantly in touch with officials in the US

Former US spy master bats for H1B visas citing competition

If work visas aren't given then countries like Canada may benefit, the former CIA director said

Trump administration not planning any executive order on H-1B visas: Kumar

Shalabh 'Shalli' Kumar, head of the Republican Hindu Coalition told reporters at a conference

H1B visa curbs will hit India's growth story

IT companies are India Inc's biggest foreign exchange earners

US visa tremors rock Indian information technology

Numbers suggest that tech MNCs are applying for more H1B visas than Indian IT companies

H1B overhaul: IT cos see costs rise, dearth of skilled workers

MEA has said India's concerns on the issue have been conveyed both to the US administration

Here are the 25 biggest H1B sponsors of 2016

The 2017 H1B Report is a decent indicator of how the Indian IT and American IT companies were placed

Blow for Indian IT: New US bill proposes doubling wage limit for H1B visa

New bill at US House of Representatives mandates minimum wages of H1B visa holders at $130,000

H1B reform Bill introduced in US House of Representatives

Calls to double the minimum salary of H1B visa holders to $130,000

New H1B visa rules in US: Minimum wage hike may have little impact on firms

Indian IT service providers will have to focus on more local hiring if the Bill gets implemented

Wage hike for H1B visa holders in US push Indian IT for local hiring

Proposed new bill would want workers holding H1B visas to earn $100,000, up from $60,000 currently

Bill backing changes in H1B visas reintroduced in US Congress

The bill among other things increases the minimum salary of H-1B visa to $1,00,000 per annum