Days after US President Donald Trump announced an H1-B visa hike, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stated there will be “a significant number of changes” in the H1B visa process ahead of February 2026, which will see the new fee of USD 100,000 coming into effect. Lutnick called the concept of “inexpensive” tech consultants coming to work in the country and bringing their families along as “just wrong.”

Donald Trump administration had announced a USD 100,000 hike for H1B work visas at the start of this month. This move has angered lakhs of Indian professionals who are seeking to work in the US on the basis of this visa.

At a time when President Donald Trump was signing the H1B proclamation in the Oval Office, Lutnick had said that the USD 100,000 would be a yearly fee for all H1B visas,

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