Trump's H-1B Visa

The US Chamber of Commerce has appealed a federal court ruling that declined to block the Trump administration's move to sharply raise the cost of the widely used work visa

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Trump's $100K H-1B visa fee may shake IT stocks, but experts say long-term investors need not panic

Indians account for more than 70 per cent of all H-1B visas. A steep $100,000 entry fee, paid by employers, for every worker entering the US under the programme will effectively gut it

IT stocks such as Infosys, TCS and 3 others could see limited downside from current levels, as they are trading above key support levels, backed by positive cues from momentum oscillators, show charts

Trump's H-1B visa announcement jolted firms that have long relied on it to bring in global talent, especially in California's tech-heavy economy that relies on trained programmers, analysts, engineers

The US move to hike H-1B visa fees to $100,000 triggered a surge in last-minute bookings to the States, though officials later clarified the rule applies only to new applicants

In the email, sent to its employees, Microsoft also asks those who are outside the US and with H1-B and H4 visas to return to the country immediately

The US issues up to 85,000 H-1B visas each year. Most of the nearly 600,000 H-1B visa holders are from India and China

A US court has blocked two H-1B regulations proposed by the Trump administration to restrict the ability of American companies to hire foreign employees

Donald Trump's order to enforce ban on US companies' favourite visa, H-1b, has been blocked by a US federal judge

H-4 visas are issued only to very close or immediate family members of the H-1B visa holders

It will separate families and make talent acquisition more difficult in US, it said

While we must continue to invest in developing the skills of our domestic workforce, this decision avoids hurting American businesses and workers: Indian-American Congressman