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U.S. Singles out India by Denying L1 Visas
By SiliconIndia   |   Tuesday, 03 January 2012, 04:42 Hrs   |    20 Comments
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Bangalore: Looks like U.S. has decided to single out India by declining L1 visas for Indian professionals while professional from other parts of the world are given L1 visas. The L1 visa denial rate is more for India than any other country. Software giants in India- Infosys and TCS whose biggest clients are in U.S. are complaining to the industry lobbyist, Nasscom about the difficulty and how it is upsetting the businesses.

L1 Visas which are known as short term work visas for professionals went down by 28 percent at 25,898 in 2011, whereas the quota for professionals from other countries rose by 15 percent. "This shows an enormous gap in visas issued as well as approval/denial rates between posts in India and the rest of the world, raising policy questions as to whether this great disparity is the result of a conscious policy at US posts in India," the National Foundation for American Policy wrote in its report.

Every year Indian software companies send about 25,000-35,000 Indians to U.S. on work assignments. About 40 percent of the visas which is given to professionals come under L1 visas. Professionals, who are highly skilled in their field, have immense knowledge about their work and who carry the tag of Project manager is given L1 visas.

The U.S. government showing discrimination to India has been justified by pulling up the issue of an American employee of Infosys who accused the company for misusing the short term work B1 visa for doing some software coding where as the visa had to be used only for client meetings. The $70 billion Indian IT sector is under complete scrutiny as immigration rules have become more stringent and the fees for H1 and L1 visas have been increased exceptionally.

IT servicing sector has been the biggest back bone for Indian economy and major revenue is churned from it. Banking on the booming servicing business, there are many home grown companies now. With the competition getting stiffer between the mid size and the giants, every visa denial is a pinch to their business.

"When the going gets tough, the tough gets going" is what all companies are adapting to. Finding newer solutions to visa problems, the IT firms have decided to use technologies such as telepresence to compensate for the presence of an expert at the customer's site.

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Reader's comments(20)
1: If they reject L1 Visa ,We have many other Options ,Like applying for H1B ,

If you look at the rate of H1B approvals for offshore companies ,CTS was the highest ,That indicates that offshore companies are also playing games here ,If not L1 we ahev H1B to get people to onsite ,hehhehehhe,

Thx
RR
Posted by:Rohit - 11 Feb, 2012
2: Why the L1/h1 visa holders moving to US company after coming from India .Stop that.
Posted by:Irine - 04 Jan, 2012
3:
Dear sir,

Compliments of the saeson and happy new year. Dear sir please I need India visa, because India is my dreamt country since when I young. Please I need your assistance on it.
Thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Oladejo Ayodele.
OLADEJO AYODELE RIDWAN Replied to: Irine - 08 Jan, 2012
4: THE U.S.Consulate General has the right to deny any type of visa to anyone of any national without explanation. The End of this story.
Posted by:roark - 04 Jan, 2012
5:
Yes very true and this should not be brought as a complaint.
RSP Replied to: roark - 05 Jan, 2012
6: I sometimes wonder what goes on in some minds. The discussion here is about limiting L1 Visas. Initially in late 80s Indian businesses misused the B1/B2 visa. Then came H1B. They were misused as well. Now its L1/L4. Somehow, Indian Businesses have found a way to go around everything. Misuse is everywhere. Especially when the US is dealing with the high unemployment, why import 'cheap' labor. It needs to support its own first. Also more importantly, the quality of people being brought on L1 is pathetic. Jai Ho...
Posted by:Think Tank - 03 Jan, 2012
7: Obama is opens his heart out to the adherents of 'religion of peace'. He never looked like he is a friend of India at all. An idealist Marxist who is out to change American culture. All we can pray and hope is he is gone this year, before he changes US into a business hating, entitlement oriented socialist economy.
Posted by:deepak - 03 Jan, 2012
8: could it be that fraud is involved? anyways, it looks like not enough bribes are being paid to someone.
Posted by:Mitesh Damania - 03 Jan, 2012
9: India also has similar restrictive policies , Professionals born in certain countries regardless of their current Citizenship , Skills and Business needs are denied or even prevented from applying for Indian Visas.It is all about economic and political strategies.
Posted by:Sam - 03 Jan, 2012
10: What is wrong? One country has taken advantage all this time by getting most of the L1 visas and now other countries want those visas. What is lost in all this debate is the middlemen including bodyshops getting the biggest cut. Of course US companies want cheap labor.
Posted by:Menaj - 03 Jan, 2012
11: Why we have to go to USA? Let them spend money and come to India if they need our support?
Posted by:Sunil - 03 Jan, 2012
12:
I support Sunil's attitude cent percent.
Of course keeping in mind of our political chants....MERA BHARAT MAHAN
Shamit Das Replied to: Sunil - 04 Jan, 2012
13:
Really? dude come down to ground & think again.
Harjeet Replied to: Sunil - 03 Jan, 2012
14:
Dude.. get real.. you enjoyed the Indian economy on the American Dime. It's enough now..
SKS Replied to: Sunil - 03 Jan, 2012
15:
an eye opening for all Indians.... get self dependent....nothing comes free, if we were enjoying the leisure time by getting jobs from US, they were preparing to enter our markets to take away all our profit and local markets by FDI and Food security.....

start getting the true pictures. its all business and our govt are their pets..........
sharma Replied to: SKS - 03 Jan, 2012
16:
I agree with Sunil.
Srinath Beldona Replied to: SKS - 03 Jan, 2012
17:
When India let's American companies sell in India, you can sell here. You have had it too good for too long. Dont like it? We don't like the Walmart decision. Support serfs can be had anywhere, that's how it came to India in the first place. Good luck!
George W. Bushie Replied to: Sunil - 03 Jan, 2012
18:
screw it Bushie, the truth is there are not enough guys here to handle all the high tech stuff that Indians are involved in. US is dependent on India for software and on China for all goods. Also they are dependent on the entire world to take care of their monetary needs, China rightly gave a whip lash by saying US needs to mend its ways and not always look toward getting funds from other countries. With a trillion dollar deficit looming around the corner and having lost all ground to China and other BRIC countries there is no way US can stand on its feet. Wake up from the Bushes Mr.Bushie.
Bushie Kushie Replied to: George W. Bushie - 03 Jan, 2012
19:
Decision on Walmart had no bearing on consciously cutting down L1 visas, US is just playing politics with India. Indian government on the other hand is so weak and UD is assuming that they may bow down to pressure tactics like these.
Dr Raman Replied to: George W. Bushie - 03 Jan, 2012
20:
Guys, seem to be going around on surface scrubbing! This world has changed, there is an interplay of all resources across the globe. If it rains in Chennai, CA will catch cold, If there is a shake up in a almost irrelevant country like Greece impact is felt in China. In this new world of high connectivity, all that needs is to break the geographical barriers, which is politically naive to attempt at this stage, but a day is not far...but what all of us should really do is break the barrier of hatredness and frog in the well attitude in our Minds and harness each other's capability and strength mutually to grow together. That is the only way forward. But this also requires a clear understanding that there could be temporary setbacks in some area or other to every one at some point of time, but in the long run it is beneficial to all. If we as humanity break this barrier of race, country, religion and only look at cooperative and coordinated work effort and join hands, we can make the polity and society move towards the NEW WORLD ORDER of peaceful and prosperous co-living.
ALL IS WELL IDIOTS Replied to: Dr Raman - 03 Jan, 2012
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