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The under secretary of Commerce for International Trade Stefan M Selig told that the USA provides maximum number of visas to Indians compared to any other country in the world. India is the major recipient of visas than any other country n the world. About 65% of all short term visas from the USA are for Indians.

Mr. Stefan said that the country is working with the Indian government to meet the demand for the US visas and they are making a lot of progress on it. He is about to hold discussions with Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia for forth coming meeting of Strategic and Commercial Dialogue in the next month at Washington. The domestic IT industry have raised serious concerns over increasing number of visa applications by Indian IT companies being rejected and even for the hike in visa fees. Generally the Indian IT

industry earns more than half of its annual revenues from overseas markets, particularly in the USA. But the substantial increase in the fees for H1B and L1 categories of visas for applicants negatively impacted a lot to the Indian IT industry.

On the concerns raised by the Indian IT industry, he said “I frankly have not heard those complaints in the US. The US has an open market where all companies, all countries compete freely and so I am surprised to hear that concern”.

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The US has an open market

where all companies, all countries

compete freely and so I am

surprised to hear that concern”.

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