NEW DELHI: The motion of expert professionals is a vital a part of India-US ties and advantages each international locations, New Delhi mentioned on Friday (January 3) throughout a debate on H-1B visas on which President-elect Donald Trump and his supporter Elon Musk commented not too long ago.
India, identified for its enormous pool of IT professionals, a lot of whom work the world over, accounts for almost all of such visas issued by the United States.
Late final month, Trump mentioned he totally supported the H1B program for international employees, opposed by a few of his supporters after Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, vowed to go to “struggle” to defend it.
India has argued that such visas provide mutual advantages.
“Our international locations have a robust and rising financial and technological partnership and on this regard, the mobility of expert professionals is a vital part,” Indian Foreign Ministry spokesman Randhir Jaiswal mentioned in a press convention when instructed been requested about H1B visa discussions within the United States.
“India-US financial ties profit drastically from technical experience supplied by expert professionals, and either side leverage their strengths and aggressive worth. We stay up for additional deepening India-US financial ties United, which is to our mutual benefit.”
India obtained roughly 78% of the 265,777 H1B visas issued by the United States within the fiscal 12 months ended September 30, 2023.
The nation is eager to strengthen ties underneath Trump, Jaiswal mentioned, stating that India’s international minister and international secretary not too long ago visited the US and held conferences with Trump’s transition crew.
