US work visa caps to squeeze businesses, jobs: Nasscom

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The United States' plans to cap H1-B work visas, used by Indian IT firms to send employees there, would imply a 'further crunch' for businesses to ...

BENGALURU: The United States' plans to cap H1-B work visas, used by Indian IT firms to send employees there, would imply a"further crunch" for businesses to access skilled workforce, industry lobby group Nasscom said on Thursday.

The US$150 billion Indian IT sector uses the work visas to fly engineers and developers to service clients, including software giants such as Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc and Facebook Inc in the U.S., their biggest market.

 

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