India, Jan. 1 -- Amazon has said that employee stranded in India due to H-1B visa delays can work remotely until March - but with certain restrictions. This is a rare exception to Microsoft's five-days-in-office rule.

The change was announced after thousands of H-1B visa holders who came to India for visa stamping got stuck in the country as their physical interviews were rescheduled.

According to a Business Insider article, Amazon informed employees in an internal memo that visa-holders stuck in India can work remotely till early March.

Under the memo posted on Amazon's internal HR portal on December 17, employees who were in India as of December 13 and are waiting for a rescheduled visa appointment can continue working remotely until...