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Indian tech firms to benefit as US court junks controversial Trump rules

In October, the Trump govt brought two policies that tightened eligibility for foreign workers applying for non-immigrant visas and raised minimum pay for foreign employees on high-skill work visas

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Indian IT industry body Nasscom has also welcomed the move saying that the new rules were supported by statute or procedure

Bibhu Ranjan Mishra Bengaluru
In a major relief to global companies, especially tech firms that deploy huge workforce in the US, a California federal judge on Wednesday struck down two of the Trump administration's recent rules meant to drastically curtail the number of visas issued to skilled foreign workers every year. The verdict is likely to immensely benefit the export-driven Indian IT services industry which is hugely dependent on skilled workforce from offshore locations including India to manage their software delivery work in the US as well as local American companies that hugely rely on global tech workforce.

“This is a very good development

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