US court strikes down Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee, White House to appeal
The ruling is expected to affect employers, universities and healthcare systems that depend on skilled foreign professionals for specialised roles.
The ruling is expected to affect employers, universities and healthcare systems that depend on skilled foreign professionals for specialised roles.
In a letter addressed to President Donald J. Trump, the Foundation for India and Indian Diaspora Studies (FIIDS) said it strongly supports the US Department of State’s decision to expand online presence and social media vetting to all H-1B and H-4 applicants.
Indian H-1B visa holders who travelled back this month to renew their American work permits are stranded amid their appointments being abruptly rescheduled by US consular offices
A federal judge signaled that US President Donald Trump may have sweeping authority under immigration law, even as she questioned a legal challenge to his administration’s decision to impose a $100,000 fee on companies seeking new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.
The latest move by Washington to tighten screening for H-1B visa applicants marks a sharp turn in the way the United States is redefining its anxieties about immigration, technology, and free expression.
The recent decision by the United States to raise the H-1B visa fee to an unprecedented $100,000 per worker is another reminder of how disruptive economic nationalism can be when it collides with the realities of a global economy.
Last week, Trump signed a proclamation introducing a $100,000 fee for each new application.
After the Trump administration announced a proclamation to significantly hike US visa fees, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met in New York to discuss the bilateral relationship.
The full implications of the measure are being studied by all concerned, including by Indian industry, which has already put out an initial analysis clarifying some perceptions related to the H1B program,’’ the Ministry of External Affairs said in a statement.
US President Donald Trump signed a presidential proclamation titled "Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers" on Friday (September 19). The move imposes a steep annual fee on H-1B applications including renewals for skilled foreign workers outside the US.
