US visa issue News

The waiting period for Indians looking to secure a visitor visa to the US has gone up to 800 days, according to US State Department website EAM S Jaishankar flagged India's visa concerns and the challenges Indians have been facing to travel to the United States for work and studies Antony Blinken also noted that the partnership between India and United States is one of the most consequential in the world

In a written response to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh said the US Congress has six bills relating to H-1B and L-1 visa programmes.

Infosys has deferred salary hikes for employees to July and even later in case of senior executives as the Indian tech industry struggles to cope with uncertain environment and visa-related issues in key markets like the US.

Terming the debate around visa-related issues as "rhetoric", Infosys chief Vishal Sikka today said the company is working on becoming "independent of the visa issue" as much as possible and hire more locals.