H-1B visas can now be renewed in US: PM Modi at diaspora event

Wrapping up his four-day State Visit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that India and the US have decided that H1B visa renewals of Indians will be done here without them having to return home for completing the process, in a huge relief to lakhs of software professionals and their families.

Addressing a mega Diaspora event amid chants of “Modi, Modi, Modi”, “Bharat Mata Ki Jai”, and “Vande Mataram” at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington DC , Modi also declared that

Bengaluru and Ahmedabad will house new US consulates, while India will open a new consulate in Seattle in Washington state of the US.