US senate bill seeks to further tighten H-1B access. What it means for Indians

The bill would also impact the L-1 visa system, which allows multinational corporations to shift existing employees from foreign offices to the US.

This legislation has been proposed by Republican Chuck Grassley and Democrat Dick Durbin, who want to “target visa fraud and abuse” and provide “protections for American workers”.

Notably, the H-1B visa programme, used by the US technology sector to hire skilled overseas workers mainly from India and China, has been under the spotlight after the Donald Trump administration imposed a $100,000 fee on new applications earlier this month.