The United States is currently planning on to restrict the popular H-1B visa programme, under which several skilled foreign workers are brought to the country every year. The latest development comes days ahead of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's visit to New Delhi. Reportedly, the largest recipient of these temporary visas is from big Technology firms. The US government's new stringent rules on data storage have upset firms like Mastercard.

As per a report from Reuters, the US has apprised India that it is considering to restrict H-1B work visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally. The report comes at a time when the two countries are at tiff over tariffs and trade, claims Reuters. After Washington withdrew a key trade privilege for New Delhi, India imposed higher tariffs on some US goods.