A US think-tank believe that Indians could have been treated unfairly.
Senior management of companies use this visa for working in the US.
Such a move, Obama argued would attract larger foreign direct investment to the US.
Those on H-1B visas have to find a new job within 60 days or head back to India.
In addition, for those applying for certain L-1A and L-1B must submit an additional $4,500.
Starting December 1, the US Consulate General in Chennai will be the US Mission to India's sole blanket L category visa acceptance and processing centre ("blanket" L visas are issued to managers, executives, or specialised knowledge professionals transferring within their company).
You can apply for a visa again if your personal circumstances have changed or you have new information to share with the Visa Officer.
Indian IT firms - which have to incur an additional burden of about $400 million annually - have called it "discriminatory".
'There's a lot of confusion. It started because the President's tweet was all-encompassing.' 'It has been watered down over the last few days though to more narrow classes of immigrants.'
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