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US proposes new $103,265 H-1B visa fee, expanding charge beyond new arrivals
🇮🇳 IndiaAug 25, 2026 07:00SRC: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POSTBY: Khushboo Razdan
INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY
The US has proposed a new US$103,265 fee for H-1B visa petitions – a move that could ramp up the cost of hiring skilled foreign workers, with Chinese and Indian professionals particularly hard hit. It comes at a sensitive time for US-China relations, with visas already a long-running source of friction and Beijing stepping up efforts to attract global tech talent as competition intensifies between the world’s two largest economies. The US Department of Homeland Security proposed the additional..
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The US has proposed a new US$103,265 fee for H-1B visa petitions – a move that could ramp up the cost of hiring skilled foreign workers, with Chinese and Indian professionals particularly hard hit.
It comes at a sensitive time for US-China relations, with visas already a long-running source of friction and Beijing stepping up efforts to attract global tech talent as competition intensifies between the world’s two largest economies.
The US Department of Homeland Security proposed the additional...
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