Indians are celebrating new regulations that exempt migrant students from President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B outsourcing workers.
“HUGE Immigration News!” declared Deedy Das, an Indian migrant who boasted of using other Indians to help him win an O-1 work visa. “If you studied in the US, the [Trump $100,000] fee doesn’t affect you. I’m now positive on this rule!”
“MASSIVE loophole,” tweeted immigration lawyer Charles Kuck. “[If] You come as a visitor/ student /other nonimmigrant visa, you don’t need to pay the fee.”
“Game change for foreign grads,” declared Atal Agarwal, an advocate for Indian migrants:
Trump’s $100,000 H-1B fee won’t apply to: – Students switching from F-1 to H-1B inside the US – Current H-1B holders extending their status – Any status chang