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EAM S. Jaishankar will meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York today amid tensions over tariffs, Russian oil imports, and the Trump administration’s USD 100,000 H-1B visa fee for new petitions. Trade talks are also underway.

USCIS has confirmed that a one-time USD 100,000 fee applies to all new H-1B petitions filed after September 21, 2025. The fee, part of Trump’s visa reforms, excludes renewals and current holders while prioritising high-skilled, high-paid workers.

The arbitrary and unreasonable hike in the visa fee to $1,00,000 would significantly impact the technology sector, which depends heavily on skilled workers from India and China

The Trump administration has clarified that the new $100,000 H-1B visa fee applies only to new petitions and not to current holders or renewals. The move offers relief to thousands of Indian professionals in the US amid earlier confusion and panic.

After US President Donald Trump imposed a $100,000 annual fee on new H-1B visa applications, the Indian Embassy in Washington issued an emergency helpline for nationals. The MEA expressed concern over financial and humanitarian consequences of the move.

NTPC Ramagundam organized a mega health camp in Rompikunta under the National Health Mission programme, Swasth Nari Sashakt Pariwar Abhiyan. Female specialists conducted screenings for anemia, diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases, and refractive errors for 135 patients

US tech firms like Microsoft have urged H-1B and H-4 visa holders abroad to return before the September 21 deadline when the $100,000 annual fee takes effect. The rule could increase costs and impact Indian professionals in US tech companies.

US President Donald Trump has imposed a $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visas, in a move set to hit Indian tech professionals and global firms. The order also limits renewals and introduces a million-dollar “gold card” visa option.

Maduranagar police booked a consultancy manager for allegedly cheating a Moosapet woman of Rs 7.1 lakh by promising her an H-1B visa. The victim found the office shut on July 30 and lodged a complaint. Police are tracing the accused.

Trump says, I'm sort of on both sides of the argument, but what I really do feel is that we have to let really competent people, great people, come into our country

Quashes opposition to the programme for qualified professionals to work in the US that pitted right-wing fringe against Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy

It will be easier for US companies to hire foreign workers with special skills, facilitate smooth transition from F-1 student visas to H-1B visas

As a component of a conclusive regulation, the announcement aims to enhance the integrity and minimize the risk of fraud in the registration process for the non-immigrant visa, enabling US employers to hire foreign workers in specialty occupations.

To begin with, 20,000 H-1B specialty occupation workers will be able to renew their visas in the US beginning from January next year.

The H-1B visa programme is primarily used by the tech industry, with Amazon leading in approved petitions in FY 2021

The Joe Biden administration in the United States has proposed changes in the H-1B visa program to streamline eligibility requirements and make it more efficient and flexible.

Indian-American GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has pledged to get rid of it if voted to power in 2024, the Politico reported

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Thursday that it will select the additional registrations from the previously submitted electronic registrations using a random selection process.

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

The top 30 H-1B visa employers hired 34,000 new workers in 2022 and laid off at least 85,000 workers in 2022 and early 2023