Shashi Tharoor says H-1B visa fee hike driven by Donald Trump’s domestic politics

Shashi Tharoor says H-1B visa fee hike driven by Donald Trump’s domestic politics

Congress leader and Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor. File | Photo Credit: ANI Days after United States President Donald Trump signed a proclamation under which a $100,000 fee must be paid for every new H-1B visa petition filed after September 21, Congress leader and Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor called it a decision taken to […]

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A mixed bag of gloom, hope in Kerala’s IT sector over H-1B visa fee hike

A mixed bag of gloom, hope in Kerala’s IT sector over H-1B visa fee hike

Companies working in fin tech and business applications, which have the U.S. as their predominant market, will be affected most by the fee hike, while the effect on those in the engineering and research and development fields will be to a lesser extent, according to experts | Photo Credit: TH On Saturday, after U.S. President […]

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H-1B visa fee hike, trade talks with U.S., GST cut key drivers for markets this week: analysts

H-1B visa fee hike, trade talks with U.S., GST cut key drivers for markets this week: analysts

The decision to hike U.S. H-1B visa application fee to $100,000, trade talks and the GST rate cut will be the key drivers for stock market movement this week, analysts said. Besides, trends in global equity markets would also be tracked by investors. “This week, markets will first react to the U.S. imposing an annual […]

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