India continues its engagement with the Trump administration and relevant stakeholders regarding Washington's proposed rules to increase H-1B visa application fees to $100,000. In its Friday briefing, the MEA emphasised that skilled workforce mobility has significantly benefited both nations' innovation, economic progress and wealth generation. "We have seen the notice by the US Department of Homeland Security regarding the proposed rulemaking. I understand that stakeholders including the industry have one month to provide their comments," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said. "As we stated earlier, skilled talent mobility and exchanges have contributed enormously to technology development, innovation, economic growth, competitiveness and wealth creation in the United States and India

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