"We believe this is a step in the right direction and
encourages the implementing agencies to ensure that US businesses' access to
critical talent is not hampered," Nasscom said.
IT
industry body Nasscom on Thursday said it is "cautiously
optimistic" about the exemptions offered in the H-1B and L-1 travel ban.
However, it welcomed the move as it could help US businesses access talent
critical to economic recovery post-Covid-19.
The industry body said there are caveats in the US Department of State's (DoS)
guidance about seniority, unique and significant contributions and other
factors that go along with the exceptions that allow leeway in the
interpretation of the new guidance. "Its impact can only be gauged in
course of time," Nasscom
said in a statement.
"We believe
this is a step in the right direction and encourages the implementing agencies
to ensure that US businesses’ access to critical talent is not hampered,"
it added.
US President
Donald Trump, in his June proclamation (and April proclamation), had banned the
entry of workers into the US in several key non-immigrant visa categories,
including the H-1B, arguing that they were eating into American jobs during the
Covid-19 pandemic.
On Wednesday, the
DoS issued guidance on 'National Interest Exemptions' to the Presidential
Proclamations that had suspended entry of certain immigrant and non-immigrant
(H-1B, H-2B, and L-1) visa holders into the US.
Both proclamations
now include exceptions for individuals whose entry to the US would be in
"national interest" as determined by the Secretary of State, the
Secretary of Homeland Security, or their respective designees.
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