Trump’s visa ban not much trouble for Indian IT sector; firms already sending fewer techies abroad

US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend H1-B and L1 visas till the end of this year might not stir the pot for India’s leading information technology (IT) firms. Top 15 Indian IT firms have already been scaling down the number of techies they send to the United States from India as the denial rate climbed higher and higher each year, a report by Crisil said. Additionally, the US government’s decision pertains to just new H1-B and L1 visas issued till December 2020, and not to visas coming up for renewal, which outnumber the new visa applications.