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India Flags Its Concerns Over H1-B Visas With U.S.
The Indian side has been arguing that Indian IT professionals are temporary workers and not immigrants.
A proposed bill says all companies with 50 per cent or more employees from outside the U.S. will have to pay a higher visa fee of $10,000 per worker.
At present, the fee is $4,500, and it used to be $2,000 for H-1B and L1 visas till 2010.
The two leaders also touched briefly on other issues, including Syria.
The US has welcomed “any vocal supportive role” India is willing to play, and they talked about their efforts to move forward on expanding their defence relationship.
“And finally, they briefly discussed efforts, ongoing discussions on a civil-nuke deal,” the official added.
Mr. Khurshid also had bilateral meetings with Palestinians, Egypt, Libya and China. With China, Mr. Khurshid said the two sides shared and exchanged information about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s upcoming visit to China.
He also participated in the SAARC Foreign Ministers’ meeting in which the leaders focussed on greater emphasis on connectivity. He said issues like ratification of various agreements were raised and dates have been proposed for a ministerial meeting in February next year.
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Source: PTI
