Ensure dependents of H-1B and H-4 visa holders are allowed to stay in America till a decision on renewal is taken, Guntur MP urges Union government

.Galla Jayadev, MP for Guntur, urges Union govt to intervene and allow dependents of H-1B and H-4 visa holders to stay in US till decision on renewal is taken. US State Dept. not covering dependents in renewal programme, creating panic. Businesses demand inclusion of H-4 dependents in renewal.

Guntur Lok Sabha Member Galla Jayadev has urged the Union government to intervene and see that dependents of H-1B and H-4 visa holders be allowed to stay in the United States of America till the US Administration takes a decision of renewing their visas. He raised the issue in Parliament on Wednesday. 

Every Indian working under H-1B visa and their dependents in the United States of America felt happy when the US Administration announced in January that H-1B visa-holders need not go to India for renewal/stamping and the same can be done in the US itself, Mr. Jayadev said. 

But, now, when the US State Department started renewing H-1B visas, it put a condition that dependents of H-1B professionals will not be covered and they have to go back to their own country for renewal, the MP added. He said that H-1B employees can renew their visas without leaving the US and not their dependents. He said that this created panic among dependents. Business organisations were demanding for inclusion of H-4 dependents in this renewal programme, he said