US to start pilot program for domestic H-1B visa renewal early next year
This is part of the people-to-people initiative, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Joe Biden at the White House in June this year.
“Our partnership with India is one of the United States’ most important bilateral relationships, and in fact one of the most important relationships in the world. The ties between our people are stronger than ever, and we will continue our record-setting volume of visa work in the coming months to give as many Indian applicants as possible the opportunity to travel to the United States and experience the U.S.-India friendship firsthand,” US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said.
As noted in the Joint Statement issued by Prime Minister Modi and President Biden during the President’s recent visit to India, the United States and India share a “close and enduring” partnership. Improved visa processing is only one example of the U.S. Mission to India’s ongoing commitment to strengthening that partnership.
The much-sought-after H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.
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The L-1 visa is an intra-company transfer US visa. It allows an American company to transfer a key employee from one of its offices in another country into the United States. The L-1 visa also allows companies to open a US operation for the transfer of its executives, managers and specialized
