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USD 100,000 fee to apply for new H-1B petitions after Sep 21: USCIS
Washington: All new H-1B visa petitions submitted after September 21, including those for the FY2026 lottery, will require payment of the USD 100,000 fee, as announced by President Donald Trump in a…
- Business
US decision to raise H-1B visa fees likely to hurt US more than India: GTRI
New Delhi: A decision of the US President Donald Trump to raise H-1B visa fees to USD 100,000 per worker is likely to hurt America more than India, think tank GTRI said…
- India
Indian Embassy in US issues emergency helpline amid H-1B visa fee
Washington: In a move that has set off alarm bells among Indian professionals, United States President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing an annual fee of $100,000 on H-1B visa applications.…
- Hyderabad
US H-1B visa fee hike shows Centre’s ‘failure’ says Asadussin Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday lashed out at the Centre over the steep hike in US H1B visa fee, saying it is a “failure” of the union government that if…
- Business
Amid H-1B visa hike, Nasscom urges workers to return within 24 hours
New Delhi: Nasscom has urged its member companies to urgently get their H-1B employees who are currently outside America, to return to the US, amid the tight one-day countdown to visa fee…
- Business
H-1B visa fee hike: Uncertainty looms over Indian IT sector, flags Nasscom
New Delhi: Industry body Nasscom on Saturday said the US’s move to raise H-1B visa application fee to USD 100,000 will impact India’s technology services companies, as business continuity will be disrupted…
- World
Thousands evacuated in Hong Kong after discovery of large WWII-era bomb
Hong Kong: Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes in Hong Kong overnight so experts could defuse a large US-made bomb left over from World War II that was discovered at…
- Business
Indian IT faces heat as US hikes H-1B visa fee to USD 100,000
New Delhi: The USD 100,000 annual fee imposed by the US on H-1B visas will escalate costs and erode competitiveness for heavy H-1B users and may potentially disrupt business models and revenue…
- India
New H-1B visa rules to choke US innovation, turbocharge India’s growth: Kant
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose $100,000 annual fee on H-1B visa will choke innovation in America, while benefitting Indian IT and tech firms, former G20 Sherpa Amitabh Kant…
- Telangana
Telangana man alleges racism in viral post days before being shot dead by US police
Hyderabad: A LinkedIn post by a software engineer from Telangana, days before being shot dead by the United States police, is going viral, where he alleged racial discrimination in his workplace and…
- World
US-led coalition kills top ISIS operative in Syria
Baghdad: The US-led coalition said its troops killed a top militant from the Islamic State group in central Syria early on Friday. The IS figure was described as in charge of planning…
- Middle East
Iran drops IAEA resolution against attacks on nuclear facilities amid US lobbying
Vienna: Iran decided at the last minute Thursday to withdraw a resolution prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities that it had put forward along with China, Russia and other countries for a vote…
- World
Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil challenges US judge’s deportation ruling
Palestinian rights defender and former Columbia University graduate student, Mahmoud Khalil, has challenged a Louisiana immigration judge’s September 12 decision to deport him to Syria or Algeria, citing his alleged failure to…
- World
US Federal Reserve cuts interest rate
New York: After a confrontation with US President Donald Trump, the Federal Reserve cut its interest rate by a quarter per cent in a balancing act to prevent inflation while staving off…
- World
71-year-old US citizen who came to Punjab to marry NRI man killed: Police
Ludhiana: A 71-year-old woman, a US citizen of Indian origin, was allegedly killed shortly after she arrived here from Seattle to marry a 75-year-old UK-based NRI man, police said on Wednesday. The…