After the new changes in the H- 1B visa policies, the Indians in US have been facing problems in their professional career.
The Job queries from Us in the previous months has been increasing and this is creating a lot of buzz in the IT industry.On Tuesday, president Donal Trump had signed an executive order to sign the H1 B visa.
The IT minister Mr. Chandrashekhar spoke on the issue, ” “not surprised, frankly,” adding: “The fact is that there is substantive and logical part of the problem and there’s a perceptional part… A lot of the statements that are emanating from people in the (US) administration have led to a pervasive view, not just in India but across the world, that the government is turning more protectionist and the forces of anti-globalization have achieved a certain prominence.”
Around 600 Us based Indians were seeking jobs in India in December 2016 and increased to 7000 in 2017 according to report by Deloitte.
” Alongside that are the admittedly isolated and stray incidents but nonetheless they also have their own psychological impact,” the Nasscom official said.
“All of these have led to a heightened sense of insecurity and uncertainty…professionally, economically or in terms of jobs. And therefore people will always look for a more secure future. That’s the natural consequence,” he said. (Also read: Indian techies have other options as well, say experts).
Another industry body Assocham has warned that Indian IT companies may be forced to displace workforce with a tightening H-1B visa regime in the United States as cost pressure would increase, aggravated by rising rupee leading to lower onsite placements for Indians.
“Rather than take chances with the direction in which all these will finally head up to, many more people would want to have a more assured future differently. This, we believe, in the long run, will have much more adverse consequences in the US economy because it will prevent businesses from adopting the technology, it will slow down the innovation engine, it will have to some extent the reverse impact in India… All of these are parts of the impact of perceptions, which are also very important in this issue on both sides,” he said.
He also pointed out “misperception” about the bulk of H-1B visa approvals going to Indian companies. “This is a clear misperception… The reality is that 70 percent of H-1B visas issue do go to Indian nationals but Indian companies get less than 20 percent of the visas.”
“This is the kind of misinformation that has led to such perceptions. Unfortunately, these misperceptions are prevalent even at the highest levels,” Mr Chandrashekhar further said.
Source: NDTV
