Sandeep Dikshit
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, June 23
US President Donald Trump today signed an order suspending work visas, including the H1B category coveted by white-collar Indians, till the yearend and extending restrictions on green card holders for another two months.
8L workers Indians
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H2B, H1B, H4, J, L visas suspended till December-end
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Curbs on green card holders extended for two months
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Old H1B visas issued under lottery system to be honoured
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85,000 visas out of 5.5L of all categories exempt
Trump said besides extending restrictions on green cards by another 60 days, he also suspended most categories of H2B, H1B, H4, J and L visa programmes till December-end as they presented a "significant threat to employment opportunities for Americans affected by the extraordinary economic disruptions".
Both curbs, designed to combat "the most extreme unemployment ever", have come under fire from several Fortune 500 companies who have contended foreign workers were hired not because they had to be paid lower wages but due to a shortage of certain skill sets in the US. There will be no immediate impact because international air travel is still restricted. Of the 13 lakh visa workers in the US, over 8 lakh direct beneficiaries are estimated to be Indians. Their kin and spouses also tend to take up jobs with or without the requisite visas.
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