New Delhi: India has requested the administration of US President Donald Trump to extend the H-1B and other visas of Indian citizens till the global coronavirus pandemic was not over.
Official sources told IANS that New Delhi requested Washington after some news reports claimed that the US government has been asking employers to terminate services of H-1B visa holders. "Though there is no such order or instruction from the US government, we have asked them to retain the employees under the H-1B visa.
Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla in his telephone conversation with the US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Beigun took up this issue," an official in New Delhi said.