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Germany to Indians: Great jobs await as US lifts H-1B visa fee to $100k

Germany has stepped up efforts to attract Indian professionals with more visas and higher pay, contrasting sharply with the US's $100,000 H-1B fee hike

New H1-B visa fee may cost 5,500 jobs a month, mostly Indian talent: JP Morgan

JPMorgan warns that Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee could slash 5,500 jobs a month, hitting Indian tech workers and US firms relying on skilled foreign talent

Trump's new H-1B visa fee caught everyone off guard: JPMorgan chief Dimon

"That caught everyone off guard," Dimon said in a CNBC-TV18 interview. "And so we had a lot of phone calls over the weekend. What does it mean?"

Hope we can fix it, says Rubio on US tariffs on India for Russian oil buy

The White House has imposed a cumulative 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods, including a 25 per cent penalty for New Delhi buying Russian oil

H-1B visa fee hike hits IT funds; investors urged to stay long-term

Fee hike could accelerate offshore delivery, improve competitiveness; AI adoption, re-skilling initiatives expected to provide medium-term growth opportunities

China to launch K-Visa for global talent as US slaps $100,000 H-1B fee

China is set to roll out a new K-Visa for young science and technology professionals from October 1, even as the US imposes a $100,000 fee on H-1B visas

IT sector hit by tariffs, visas, AI, geopolitics: Can it weather the storm?

US tariffs, visa issues, geopolitical tensions, and AI disruption have plunged the IT services industry into an uncertain period

H-1B visa diktat: Lobbyists of top Indian IT companies in Washington

Emails sent to TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCLTech, Meta and others remained unanswered

Trump's H-1B visa shock: IT deals likely to be revised after new rules

Experts say that such prohibitive costs may force IT services companies to keep their prospective visa employees in India

H-1B visa: Doctors, nurses, care workers may be spared from $100,000 fee

Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fee sparks panic among Indian doctors, nurses and IT firms, though exemptions for healthcare may soften the blow

IT firms in a flux over H-1B visa fees, but levers exist to mitigate impact

Analysts say Indian IT firms can offset the impact of the $100,000 H-1B visa fee through higher offshoring, reduced new applications, and client cost sharing over the medium term

'Why move to US when work can happen remotely': Sanjeev Sanyal on H-1B visa

Speaking at an event in New Delhi, Sanjeev Sanyal today questioned why IT firms in India send people to the US, noting their work does not require physical relocation

Market Close Highlights: Sensex slumps 466 pts, Nifty holds 25,200; IT index cracks 3% on H-1B rule

Sensex Today | Stock Market Close Highlights, Sept 22: US President Donald Trump's new H-1B visa fees rule triggered panic selling among investors, especially IT shareholders, on D-Street today

Nasscom says $100K H-1B visa fee to have marginal impact on Indian IT firms

Nasscom further said that with the fee being applicable from 2026 onward, companies have time to further expand skilling programs in the US and enhance local hiring

New H1-B visa fees rule drags Nifty IT 4%; Tech M, LTIMindtree sink upto 6%

The BSE IT index also fell 3.5 per cent in the intraday trade. Thus far in calendar year 2025, the BSE IT index has underperformed the market by sliding 19 per cent

IT firms brace for H-1B shock; Here's how brokerages assess the impact

On the bourses, the Nifty IT index is the worst-performing sector so far this year. The index is down 16 per cent in 2025

Rupee slips as traders weigh H-1B visa fee impact; opens at 88.17/$

The domestic currency opened 7 paise lower at 88.17 against the dollar on Monday, according to Bloomberg

Question over H-1B fee sees techies, students scrambling for answers

For Arun Kumar (name changed), a techie from south Tamil Nadu, the past 30 hours have been a whirlwind of stress and frantic search for a flight ticket to the US

IT stocks brace for H-1B visa impact; but there's a silver lining: Analysts

Another silver lining for the companies and the markets, analysts said, is the falling dependence on the H-1B visa in the last few years.

H-1B visa fee hike disruptive but may boost local hiring: Ex-Nasscom chief

US President Donald Trump's decision to raise H1-B visa fee to USD 1,00,000 annually poses significant cost challenges to Indian IT companies and will be disruptive in near term, said Former Chairman of Nasscom BVR Mohan Reddy on Saturday. He also said the move could also push Indian IT firms to accelerate local hiring in the US, strengthen global delivery from India, and move up the value chainturning a challenge into an opportunity for more resilient models. The sudden USD 100,000 H-1B visa fee poses significant cost challenges for Indian IT companies, and the one-day implementation timeline creates considerable uncertainty for ongoing projects. While this is disruptive in the near term, it also compels us to accelerate local hiring, strengthen global delivery from India, and move up the value chainturning a challenge into an opportunity for more resilient models Reddy told PTI. In a development that could adversely affect Indian professionals in the US, President Trump on Friday