After the announcement of new charges by the Trump administration, Microsoft, JP Morgan and Amazon have advised their H-1B visa employees not to leave the US. According to the Reuters report, Amazon has asked all employees to return to America by 12 am in an internal letter by 12 am, the H-1B and H-4 visa holders in an internal letter, on September 21, Eastern Time Region-the day Donald Trump’s executive order will apply. The H-4 visa holder, H-1B visa holders are legal spouse and unmarried children.
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According to the Reuters report, in one such email sent to Microsoft employees, this technical giant has requested H1B visa holders to stay in the US till the near future. In email, Microsoft has also requested H4-visa holders to stay in the US and asked H-1B and H4-visa holders to return to the US before the deadline tomorrow. The H-1B visa holders are currently in the US, said in the email sent by JP Morgan employees handling visa applications for the US investment bank, they should remain in the US and should avoid international travel till the government issues a clear travel guidelines.
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In a step making significant impact on Indian IT and professional employees in the US, the Trump administration has announced a shocking annual fee of US $ 100,000 (Rs 88 lakh) on H-1B visas to check for systematic misuse of the program. According to the latest data from the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 72% of the about 4 lakh H-1B visas issued between October 2022 and September 2023 were of Indians.
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The Trump administration said it would ask companies to pay US $ 100,000 per year for H-1B worker visa, after which some big tech companies have warned of visa holders to stay in the US or return soon. Under Trump’s new executive order, companies appointing skilled foreign workers will now have to pay US $ 100,000 per year for each H-1B visa, much higher than the administrative fee of 1,500 US dollars.