H1B Visa New Rules: Under the decision of Donald Trump, American tech companies are worried about the fee of $ 1 lakh on H-1B visa. Google has advised its employees to return to America immediately.
H1B Visa New Rules: US President Donald Trump has issued a new order on Friday. Under this, now for every H-1B visa, companies will have to pay a fee of $ 1,00,000 or about 83 lakh rupees annually. This decision is considered a major setback for American tech companies and foreign employees, especially Indian IT professionals. Many employees in big companies like Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon are working on H-1B visas. Yesterday, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft sent an email to their foreign employees about the decision.
Employees sent email and asked to return to America immediately
Now Google has also sent email to its employees and asked them to return to America immediately. The company has written in the memo that employees who are outside the US should return to 12:01 am on September 21, Sunday. At the same time, employees have also been advised to avoid international travel. Google said, “Under the new policy, if you go out of America, you may have trouble or you will not get a re-entry. We know that it may cause some problems, but we are ready to cooperate with you. We are monitoring the situation and we will get any new information, you will update you.”
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These rules will be applicable to new visa applications
The company also said that employees who cannot return immediately, should contact their immigration support team. However, after a dispute over the new decision of the H-1B visa, the White House has made it clear that this rule will only apply to new visa applications. Google has written in its memo that under the new policy, if you go out of America, you may have trouble or you may have trouble coming back. He also said that the situation is being monitored and as soon as any new information is available, the employees will be updated.
However, after a dispute over the new rule of H-1B visa, the White House clarified that this rule would only apply to the new visa application. Those who already have H-1B visas will not have any problem in coming back to America. Nevertheless, American companies do not want to take any kind of risk. The Trump administration says that the H-1B visa affects the job of American people, so this change is necessary.