Mumbai: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has clarified that a $100,000 fee imposed in September by President Trump to obtain H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers applies only to new applicants who are living abroad. According to the updated information, the fee doesn’t apply to any previously issued and current H-1B visas, and does not prevent current H-1B holders from traveling abroad.

Confusion Cleared

The clarification has cleared weeks of utter confusion triggered by the September 19 proclamation signed by President Trump, titled “Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers.” On the H-1B policy Trump admin had said the new fee was necessary “to address the abuse of that program while still permitting companies to hire the best of the best temporary fore

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