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Brain drain likely to drop as H-1B fee hike may stop students going abroad
The New Indian Express Thiruvananthapuram
|September 30, 2025
THE US administration’s recent move to levy a onetime H-1B visa fee of %88 lakh, is set to have a crippling impact on Indian students going to the US for higher education as the job market could dry up for them.
Top educationists feel this is amassive opportunity to retain our native talent while educational consultancies to the US feel Europe stands to benefit due to this move.
In 2024, nearly 11 lakh students from Asia went abroad according to the US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement with 4.2 lakh of them being Indians.
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