"Applying for your work #USvisa? You can apply up to 90 days before the employment start date noted on your I-797 form," the US Embassy wrote in a tweet.

The Chinese Embassy in Washington on Tuesday slammed the US imposition of visa restrictions on some Chinese entities on the lines of treatment of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) saved Mohammad Shami from a major embarrassment of becoming the first cricketer who might have not got the US visa due to faulty police records.

H1 B US Visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows the US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise. The technology companies depend on it to hire tens of thousands of employees each year from countries like India and China.

The United States of America has changed its VISA policy for Pakistan amid soaring tensions with India, said a TV report.

A huge 93 per cent of the H4 Visas, which allow work authorisation, in US belong to Indians, a latest Congressional report on the spouse visa has said.

Welcoming a 26-member bipartisan delegation from the US Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged the United States to develop a balanced outlook towards the movement of skilled professionals, said an official here.