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BBC: India warns new US fee for H-1B visa will have ‘humanitarian consequences’
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|September 22, 2025
The Indian government has said a new $100,000 (£74,000) fee for applicants seeking US skilled worker visas will have “humanitarian consequences”, BBC has reported.
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President Donald Trump on Friday ordered the new fee for H-1B visa applications, which is more than 60 times the amount currently charged, to go into effect on 21 September.
Workers from India receive by far the most skilled visas in the programme, at just more than 70% of those issued.
Some US tech companies reportedly advised employees with H-1B visas to stay in the US or, if they were out of the country, to try to return immediately. The White House then on Saturday clarified the fee will not apply to current visas or renewal applications.
A statement from the Indian Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday said the fee would have humanitarian consequences “by way of the disruption caused for families”.
The Indian government “hopes that these disruptions can be addressed suitably by the US authorities”, it also said.
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