After increase in H1-B visa rejections, Priyanka Gandhi questions PM Modi's Howdy Modi event
New Delhi/IBNS: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi has questioned the purpose of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "Howdy Modi" event in Oct, saying that the programme hasn't helped the Indian's seeking permission to work in the US.
There has been massive cut down in the issue of H1-B visa owing to the Trump administration's restrictive immigration policy and the Indian IT professionals have suffered the maximum denials, according to a study by an American Think Tank.
Attacking PM Modi, the Congress leader tweeted, "I don't know who is being benefitted under the BJP regime. Prime Minister Modi had the "Howdy Modi" programme in the US, but it has increased the rejections of petitions by Indian's for H1-B visas."
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H1-B visa allows the technology companies in US to employ foreign workers in specialty jobs. This enables companies to hire thousands of workers requiring technical and theoretical expertise, most of whom are from India and China.
A study by National Foundation for American Policy has shown that the rate of denial for H1-B visa is the highest for Indian petitioners and it has increased from 6 per cent in 2015 to 24 per cent in the third quarter of the current financial year, media reports said.
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