{"id":1031046,"date":"2026-08-25T09:26:54","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T03:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1031046"},"modified":"2026-08-25T10:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T04:30:21","slug":"us-proposes-additional-usd-1-03-lakh-fee-for-h-1b-visa-cap-subject-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/08\/25\/us-proposes-additional-usd-1-03-lakh-fee-for-h-1b-visa-cap-subject-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"US proposes additional USD 1.03 lakh fee for H-1B visa cap-subject applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US on Monday proposed an additional fee of USD 103,265 for all H-1B visa cap-subject applications, including those filed by applicants eligible for the advanced degree exemption. <\/p>\n<p>The US Congress currently limits the H-1B visa programme to 65,000 visas a year under the regular cap. <\/p>\n<p>An additional 20,000 visas are available for foreign workers who have obtained a master&#8217;s degree or higher from a US institution. This is commonly known as the &#8220;master&#8217;s cap&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US on Monday proposed an additional fee of USD 103,265 for all H-1B visa cap-subject applications, including those filed by applicants eligible for the advanced degree exemption. The US Congress currently limits the H-1B visa programme to 65,000 visas a year under the regular cap. An additional 20,000 visas are available for foreign workers who have obtained a master&#8217;s degree or higher from a US institution. This is commonly known as the &#8220;master&#8217;s cap&#8221;.<\/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":[81,4,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-the-pioneer","category-newspapers","category-the-pioneer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031046","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=1031046"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031071,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031046\/revisions\/1031071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}