BCIC welcomes US' move to resume H1-B visa processing

BENGALURU: Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce ( BCIC) today welcomed the United States' move to resume the processing of H1-B visas after a gap of five months.

The processing of visas was suspended five months ago following a huge rush of applications for H1-B, popular especially among Indian IT professionals.

Welcoming the move, BCIC secretary general Raju Bhatnagar, said, "This initiative sends the right signals to the Indian IT industry which saw a sudden downturn due this directive from the Trump administration.

The revoking of the processing of H1B visas also reiterates the contribution of Indian IT sector to US companies and their economy in general."

US President Donald Trump had signed an executive order in April for tightening the rules of the H-1B visa programme to stop "visa abuses."

Trump had said his administration is going to enforce 'Hire American' rules that are designed to protect jobs and wages of workers in the US.