{"id":1031274,"date":"2026-08-26T10:14:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T04:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1031274"},"modified":"2026-08-26T13:03:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T07:33:07","slug":"h-1b-fee-hike-must-be-viewed-in-context-of-programmes-role-in-providing-temporary-skills-during-shortages-nasscom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/08\/26\/h-1b-fee-hike-must-be-viewed-in-context-of-programmes-role-in-providing-temporary-skills-during-shortages-nasscom\/","title":{"rendered":"H-1B fee hike must be viewed in context of programme&#8217;s role in providing temporary skills during shortages: Nasscom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) on Tuesday said the proposed increase in H-1B visa fees should be assessed in light of the programme&#8217;s original purpose of helping US employers access temporary specialised skills when shortages exist, while pointing to increased local hiring and investments by Indian technology companies in the American workforce. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A proposed increase in visa fees must therefore be viewed in the context of the programme&#8217;s original purpose of enabling access to temporary skills where there is a shortage in the US,&#8221; Nasscom said in its statement on the proposed H-1B visa fee increase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi [India], August 25 (ANI): National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) on Tuesday said the proposed increase in H-1B visa fees should be assessed in light of the programme&#8217;s original purpose of helping US employers access temporary specialised skills when shortages exist, while pointing to increased local hiring and investments by Indian technology companies in the American workforce. &#8220;A proposed increase in visa fees must therefore be viewed in the context of the programme&#8217;s original purpose of enabling access to temporary skills where there is a shortage in the US,&#8221; Nasscom said in its statement on the [&hellip;]<\/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":[93,4,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-the-tribune","category-newspapers","category-the-tribune"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031274","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=1031274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031293,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031274\/revisions\/1031293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}