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Return or stay put: New fee jolts US firms, staff
Hindustan Times
|September 21, 2025
Airfares to the US surged and major technology companies issued emergency travel advisories on Saturday as thousands of Indian H-1B visa holders made last-minute change of plans — some deciding to rush back while other abandoned plans to travel back home—even as American officials later clarified that existing foreign workers will not be slapped with the $100,000 fee.
The panic followed President Donald Trump's surprise announcement of a $100,000 annual H-1B visa fee, with the official proclamation stating, “entry into the US of aliens as non-immigrants to perform services in a specialty occupation” would be restricted “except
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