{"id":1031010,"date":"2026-08-25T08:54:56","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1031010"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:11:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:41:59","slug":"us-proposes-raising-h-1-b-visa-fee-to-over-usd-100000-raising-fresh-concerns-for-indian-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/08\/25\/us-proposes-raising-h-1-b-visa-fee-to-over-usd-100000-raising-fresh-concerns-for-indian-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"US proposes raising H-1 B visa fee to over USD 100,000, raising fresh concerns for Indian professionals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed imposing a USD 103,265 fee on H-1B petitions, reviving a major immigration policy issue that could considerably increase the cost of employing foreign professionals in the United States, particularly Indian nationals who account for the bulk of H-1B beneficiaries. <\/p>\n<p>The proposed regulation was published in the Federal Register on Monday. The fee would apply to H-1 B cap-subject petitions, including petitions eligible for the advanced-degree exemption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed imposing a USD 103,265 fee on H-1B petitions, reviving a major immigration policy issue that could considerably increase the cost of employing foreign professionals in the United States, particularly Indian nationals who account for the bulk of H-1B beneficiaries. The proposed regulation was published in the Federal Register on Monday. The fee would apply to H-1 B cap-subject petitions, including petitions eligible for the advanced-degree exemption.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[77,4,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-the-new-indian-express","category-newspapers","category-the-new-indian-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031033,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031010\/revisions\/1031033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}