Name: H1B visa: How Trump is making life miserable for Indian IT professionals in America
Uploaded: 2018-01-05T22:44:24+0000
Channel: Rajeev Dubey
Description: Not only is US raising the minimum wage from $70,000 to $100,000, it also plans to deny H1B visa extension beyond 6 years.

Politics

Not only are they raising the minimum wage from $70,000 to $100,000, they also plan to deny H1B visa extension beyond 6 years.

&lt;p id='p_1'&gt;US President&amp;nbsp;&lt;a  rel='nofollow' href='https://www.businesstoday.in/current/world/donald-trump-narendra-modi-express-satisfaction-over-global-entrepreneurship-summit/story/265187.html' target='_blank'&gt;Donald Trump&lt;/a&gt;'s poll promise to 'Buy American, Hire American' may force lakhs of Indian&amp;nbsp;&lt;a  rel='nofollow' href='https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/it-companies-cartel-keep-entry-level-salary-low-mohandas-pai/story/266846.html' target='_blank'&gt;techies&lt;/a&gt;out of the United States. Trump administrations new proposal to&amp;nbsp;&lt;a  rel='nofollow' href='https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/trump-administration-may-stop-spouses-of-h-1b-visa-holders-from-working-in-us/story/266137.html' target='_blank'&gt;not extend H-1B visa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;of those waiting for permanent residency or green card is likely to affect more than 5 lakh Indians working in the US. The proposal, circulated in the form of internal memo by the&amp;nbsp;&lt;a  rel='nofollow' href='https://www.businesstoday.in/current/economy-politics/trump-administration-may-stop-spouses-of-h-1b-visa-holders-from-working-in-us/story/266137.html' target='_blank'&gt;Department of Homeland Security&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(DHS), seeks to end the provision of allowing extensions to H-1B visa holders whose applications for green card had been accepted. US President Donald Trump had earlier promised to protect jobs for American workers.&lt;/p&gt;

H1B visa: How Trump is making life miserable for Indian IT professionals in America

Not only is US raising the minimum wage from $70,000 to $100,000, it also plans to deny H1B visa extension beyond 6 years.