Essential tech workers should be exempted from US visa restrictions: Nasscom

IT industry body Nasscom has suggested that technology workers be exempted from any visa restrictions that may be imposed by the US, on the grounds that they are ‘essential workers’. .

This follows reports that US President Donald Trump could suspend employment visas, including H-1B. “As businesses reopen, Nasscom believes it is important for the US to access talent critical to the recovery phase. US enterprises need access to essential technology workers who are keeping critical infrastructure operating in the US. These include healthcare, hospitals and online and playing key roles to develop treatments for this disease — to name a few vital services,” it said in a statement.