{"id":992492,"date":"2026-02-16T08:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=992492"},"modified":"2026-02-16T08:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T03:14:30","slug":"why-a-100000-h-1b-fee-may-not-stop-indian-professionals-from-entering-us-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/02\/16\/why-a-100000-h-1b-fee-may-not-stop-indian-professionals-from-entering-us-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Why a $100,000 H-1B fee may not stop Indian professionals from entering US workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even amid perceived curbs on H-1B hirings in the US, a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) found that it may not lead to a drastic drop in Indian professionals\u2019 entry into the country. <\/p>\n<p>The study by economist George J Borjas, which is titled \u2018The H-1B Wage Gap, Visa Fees, and Employer Demand\u2019 found that structural wage gaps and labour market dynamics embedded within the programme make H-1B hiring financially attractive. <\/p>\n<p>The allure of employing H-1B workers remains high despite significantly higher visa costs, with the new $100,000 fee now into effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even amid perceived curbs on H-1B hirings in the US, a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) found that it may not lead to a drastic drop in Indian professionals\u2019 entry into the country. The study by economist George J Borjas, which is titled \u2018The H-1B Wage Gap, Visa Fees, and Employer Demand\u2019 found that structural wage gaps and labour market dynamics embedded within the programme make H-1B hiring financially attractive. The allure of employing H-1B workers remains high despite significantly higher visa costs, with the new $100,000 fee now into effect.<\/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":[65,4,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-992492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bpo-the-financial-express","category-newspapers","category-the-financial-express"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992492","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=992492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}