Trump admin orders better pays, higher qualifications for H-1Bs

The Trump administration on Tuesday announced new rules that will significantly raise wages for foreign workers on H-1B and narrow the eligibility criteria to qualify for these high-skilled visas. Both measures were aimed at preventing this programme from being used to displace Americans.

Indian professionals are the largest recipients of H-1B visas, accounting for more than 70% of the 85,000 visas issued every year.

“These regulations seem to be based on misinformation about the programme and runs counterproductive to their very objective of saving the American economy and jobs,” said Nasscom, a trade body of India’s IT businesses.