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US $100,000 H-1B fee could cut 5,500 monthly work authorizations, threatens Indian tech jobs
BusinessLine·2025-09-24 11:35

The White House’s new $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications could reduce work authorizations for immigrants by as many as 5,500 a month, according to an analysis by JPMorgan Chase & Co. economists.Though the number of affected workers is “fairly small” in the context of the overall US labor market, Abiel Reinhart and Michael Feroli wrote in a note, technology companies and immigrants from India stand to face a greater impact. Also readComputer-related occupations accounted for nearly two-thirds of H-1B app ...