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[h=1]India takes on US over increased fees for visas, registers GATS violation dispute at WTO[/h]By Shreerupa Mitra-Jha
On 3 March, India initiated dispute proceedings against the US for measures that has increased the fees for L-1 (L1A and L1B) and H-1B categories of non-immigrant temporary visas into the US and, measures related to numerical commitments for H-1B visas.
Both H-1B and L-1 visas are temporary work visas that allow employers to hire foreign workers.
India has argued that the current measures, as with earlier measures, are inconsistent with the terms, limitations and conditions agreed to by the United States in its Schedule of Specific Commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). According to India, US is according less favourable treatment to juridical persons from India having a commercial presence in the US as compared to juridical persons in the US, engaged in providing like services in sectors such as the computer and related services—this is a sector in which the US has taken commitments in its Schedule of Specific Commitments under GATS.
Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/world/indi...rs-gats-violation-dispute-at-wto-2657414.html
On 3 March, India initiated dispute proceedings against the US for measures that has increased the fees for L-1 (L1A and L1B) and H-1B categories of non-immigrant temporary visas into the US and, measures related to numerical commitments for H-1B visas.
Both H-1B and L-1 visas are temporary work visas that allow employers to hire foreign workers.
India has argued that the current measures, as with earlier measures, are inconsistent with the terms, limitations and conditions agreed to by the United States in its Schedule of Specific Commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). According to India, US is according less favourable treatment to juridical persons from India having a commercial presence in the US as compared to juridical persons in the US, engaged in providing like services in sectors such as the computer and related services—this is a sector in which the US has taken commitments in its Schedule of Specific Commitments under GATS.
Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/world/indi...rs-gats-violation-dispute-at-wto-2657414.html
