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NASSCOM SPL: H1B visa row not serious: Murthy

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MUMBAI, INDIA: Infosys mentor N.R.Narayana Murthy said that the H1B visa controversy is not a serious issue.

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“The H1B visa controversy is not a serious issue, at least for the short term,” he said while interacting with the media at the  NASSCOM India Leadership Forum 2009 here today.

The US Senate had voted for an amendment that requires that a company receiving Troubled Assets Relief Programme (TARP) funds and applying for workers under the H-1B process must operate as an "H-1B dependent company”.

Responding to the issue, Nasscom President Som Mittal had said that outsourcing firms including those from India are seemingly not impacted told reporters. He said a Nasscom delegation which will visit the US to meet customers, analysts, Government officials is going to raise the issue to state how protectionism is not good for the global world.

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The American Immigration Lawyers Association said the move is a disturbing step backwards leading to an era of employment protectionism

However, the Indian IT companies had not responded to the issue.

Murthy's statement at Nasscom summit comes in the backdrop of this controversy.

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