The harsh rules on work visas proposed by the Trump administration are apparently is not refraining Indian techies from showing interest to enter the United States.

A recent data by Indeed.com revealed that between April 1, 2018, and March 31, 2019, 3.7 percent of the total clicks on the United States-based tech jobs on the job portal came from India.

At 0.6 percent, Canada trailed at a distant second in clicks coming from IP addresses outside the U.S.

Share of foreign clicks on US tech job postings on Indeed.com

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The Trump administration in the past few months has made it harder for foreign workers to get the highly sought-after H-1B visa, which allows a professional to live and work in the United States for up top six years. Indians are the biggest beneficiaries of the H-1B visa.

However, in January-March 2019, Indian techies’ clicks on the jobs based in the United States fell by nearly 8 percent year-on-year on Indeed.com. Techies from the United Kingdom and Pakistan were even less inclined to apply than those from India.

Meanwhile, Germany, France, and Russia posted the largest year-over-year increases in their shares of clicks on the U.S. tech job listings, each up over 25 percent.

Indians clicked on fewer U.S.-based tech jobs on Indeed.com

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Types of Jobs

“Foreign interest appears to be highest for difficult-to-fill tech jobs,” the report said. Data show there is a higher foreign click share on job listings that have lower clicks overall.

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Besides, tech jobs with higher average salaries also had higher foreign clicks. “This relationship may reflect visa requirements,” the report said. “Visas, such as the H-1B, are expensive to process. To make it worthwhile to an employer, these workers should be highly skilled and worth the cost.”

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Engineer and developer roles were most sought after while technician and support roles drew the least attention among foreigner jobseekers, as per Indeed’s analysis of tech jobs with a minimum of 50,000 total clicks.

U.S. tech jobs with most and least foreign interest on Indeed.com

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By Sowmya Sangam