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Data Localization = Caps On H-1B Visas
Accepted submission by Anonymous Coward
at 2019-06-19 19:40:54
from the no-visa-for-master-card-data department dept.
The US is looking to cap the number of H-1B visas granted to India [reuters.com] due to recently enacted "data localization" laws.
India, which has upset firms such as Mastercard and irked the U.S. government with stringent new rules on data storage, is the largest recipient of these temporary visas, most of them to workers at big Indian technology firms. India receives about 70% of all US H-1B visas, but would be limited to between 10% and 15% of the annual quota.
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