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This year, Amazon was by far the top recipient, with more than 10,000 visas approved, followed by Tata Consultancy Services, Microsoft, Apple and Google. California has the highest concentration of H-1B workers

H-1B visa overhaul: Trump admin does away with lottery system

December 24, 2025, 01:23 PM - 3 min read

The US Department of Homeland Security is effecting changes in its popular worker visa programme to “prioritise” skilled, higher-paid foreign workers

Why are H-1B visa renewals in India being cancelled abruptly?

December 21, 2025, 07:40 AM - 4 min read

The US embassy in India has urged visa applicants not to come to the consular offices based on their previously scheduled interview date.

As part of the Trump administration’s massive crackdown to check “abuse” in the H-1B visa programme, which is used mostly by technology companies to employ foreign workers in the US, Indian professionals were hit the hardest, comprising a major chunk of individuals who travel to the US on the H-1B visa as technology workers and physicians among other professions

H-1B ‘has to bring in talent’ from around the world: Trump

November 12, 2025, 12:47 PM - 4 min read

US President Donald Trump made a volte-face on his stance on H-1B visa, saying America has to bring in talent from around the world to compensate for lack of “certain talents” in the country

Last month, Trump signed a proclamation that hiked the visa fee on new applications, arguing that employers were replacing American workers with those from overseas for cheaper salaries

H-1B fee hike: US Chamber of Commerce sues Trump admin

October 17, 2025, 12:30 PM - 3 min read

In its federal lawsuit, the Chamber argues that the new fee violates the immigration laws that govern the H-1B programme, including the requirement that fees be based on the costs incurred by the government in processing visas

US plans to impose additional fee on H-1B visas

October 10, 2025, 12:21 PM - 2 min read

The US government has set an annual limit of 65,000 on H-1B visas, with an exemption of 20,000 for individuals with a master's or higher degree from a US university.

Trump had signed a proclamation on September 19 with a visa fee hike, saying the H-1B visa program “has been deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labour.”

Lawsuit challenges Trump’s H-1B visa fee of USD 100,000

October 4, 2025, 08:56 AM - 3 min read

Filed by a coalition of health care providers, religious groups, university professors and others, the suit asks the court to immediately block the order and restore predictability for employers and workers

World needs "global workforce" amid H-1B row: Jaishankar

September 26, 2025, 09:52 AM - 6 min read

S Jaishankar's Donald Trump's hardline stance on immigration, including a new USD 100,000 fee on H-1B visas.

Among the Sensex pack, Trent, Power Grid, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services, Asian Paints, NTPC, Adani Ports and Bajaj Finance were the laggards

Sensex tanks 556 points; Nifty below 25k-mark

September 25, 2025, 05:23 PM - 2 min read

It was the fifth consecutive day of fall for the Indian stock markets as foreign fund outflows continued unabated and concerns over the hiked US H-1B visa fee kept investors worried

Trump and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, accompanied by senior officials, at the White House for a strategic discussion on foreign policy and international security issues.

Trump administration moves to end H-1B lottery system

September 23, 2025, 10:25 PM - 3 min read

In an unprecedented move, the US has proposed scrapping the H-1B lottery, prioritising higher-paid, higher-skilled workers while still allowing opportunities for all wage levels.

Congress MP Shashi Tharoor took a more tempered line than his party's on the H-1B and tariff issue.

Tharoor to Indians 'do not feel like victims on H-1B'

September 22, 2025, 09:28 PM - 5 min read

$100,000 fee on H-1B visa to hurt some people and firms in short term, but may actually strengthen India, argues Congress MP Tharoor, “Let's not be doomsayers”