Trump administration red tape tangles up visas for skilled foreigners, data shows


  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 Sep 2017

FILE PHOTO: International passengers arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport after the U.S. Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration's emergency request to put its travel ban into effect later in the week pending further judicial review, in Dulles, Virginia, U.S., June 26, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/Files

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration is making it more difficult for skilled foreigners to work in the United States, challenging visa applications more often than at nearly any point in the Obama era, according to data reviewed by Reuters.   

The more intense scrutiny of the applications for H-1B visas comes after President Donald Trump called for changes to the visa programme so that it benefits the highest-paid workers, though he has not enacted any such reforms.

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