Should Indians return to H-1B visas before September 21? Official brighten up than Meta, Microsoft Alert staff

While the Donald Trump administration announced a hike in the H-1B visa fee, technical companies in the United States quickly kept their visa employees to prevent them from leaving the country and returning those who are currently returning abroad before the new rule came into effect on September 21. A US official has since left out that there is no need to return to the country. The official also made it clear that the Indians who enter the country again do not have to pay $ 100,000 as the new rule demands. The official said: “Those who visit or leave the country or visit India do not have to chase back before Sunday or pay the $ 100,000 fee.” The US official has also made it clear that the steep H-1B visa fee will only apply to new visa applications and not on renewals. “The $ 100,000 is for new and not current existing containers only,” the official said. With 71-72 percent of the H-1B visas going to Indians, the move expressed concern about its effects on Indian technical professionals and overpayments. Earlier, when Donald Trump signed a proclamation that raised the H-1B visa fee annually to more than £ 88 Lakh, US technical companies advised their employees of the visa makers to stay in the country if they were planning to travel abroad and those who had already returned abroad to return before the deadline. In internal notes distributed to staff, Amazon said: “If you have H-1B status and are in the US, stay in the country for now. We recommend that H-1B and H-4 visa holders return to the US before 12:00.” Similarly, Microsoft has issued an internal email in which he has a similar caution. “H-1B visa holders must remain in the US in the foreseeable future,” Microsoft said in his email.