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Trump’s visa shock strains India-US ties, clouds trade talks
BusinessLine·2025-09-22 12:25

President Donald Trump’s move to curb skilled visas for foreigners adds a fresh blow to US-India ties that only last week appeared to be on the mend, creating new hurdles for a speedy trade deal. Trump’s 100,000feefornewH1BapplicationswillpredominantlyaffectIndians,whovemadeupmorethan70percentofthevisasinthepast.TheUSpresidentsorderhasrattledIndias100,000 fee for new H-1B applications will predominantly affect Indians, who’ve made up more than 70 per cent of the visas in the past. The US president’s order has rattled India’s 280 billion tech services industry, threatening their business outsourcing models and putting thousands of jobs at risk.Trump ...