Apple cuts off ties with this Indian company over visa issue

BENGALURU: L&T Infotech (LTI) is being questioned by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for documentary discrepancy and procedural lapses related to one of its key customers, Apple. The development is said to have deeply soured the relationship between LTI and the iPhone maker. LTI is alleged to have issued letters of invitation to some of its employees to work on-site on the Apple account, when the USCIS procedure required that the letters be issued by Apple. When the USCIS cross-referenced these with Apple, the latter is said to have denied any knowledge of such letters being issued.