New Delhi: US President Donald Trump announced that the H-1B visa application fee should be raised significantly to $100,000, as opposed to $10,000 previously. The action has sparked anxiety among international tech giants such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, which have requested their employees on H-1B visas to relocate to America. The move has rocked the Indian technology industry that has traditionally used the H-1B programme as an avenue through which engineers and graduates could work in the US.

Prof. V. Kamakoti, director of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M), has, however, presented a different picture. Speaking to ANI, he said the high visa fee was a blessing in disguise for India. He reasoned that the policy would assist in keeping the smart talent within the na

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