mo4ch:>US eyes limiting visas for India’s high-skilled workers in pushback for data localization - report | Mo4ch News

In a possible severe blow to the India’s tech industry, the US has reportedly been considering capping H-1B visas for Indian nationals at 10 or 15 percent because New Delhi wants its companies store data only in the country.With US-India trade row over tax hikes and market access gaining momentum, Washington reportedly mulls hitting the Asian country’s sore spot, limiting the number of non-immigrant temporary visas for its citizens, Reuters reported, citing two Indian officials briefed on the US authorities’ plans. The officials said that the measure is a blowback to India’s forcing all foreign companies to store customer data “only in India.”Also on rt.comIndia slaps retaliatory tariffs on 28 US products ahead of Pompeo's visitThe H-1B visas allows US companies high-tech economy sectors grappling with shortages of skilled workers to hire foreign specialists with graduate level degree in finance, IT, accounting, medicine, engineering, science, mathematics and other fields.Visas mi…