The resumption of services followed the US June 23 announcement to strengthen visa screening procedures
The fresh guidelines issued on October 20 provide major relief to IT workers and comes after the US Chamber of Commerce sued the Trump administration over the new norms
Last week, Trump ordered a sweeping overhaul of the H-1B visa program, mandating a $100,000 application fee aimed at deterring excessive use
Tech companies and banks sent urgent memos to employees, advising them to return before a deadline of 12:01 a.m. US Eastern Time Sunday (4:01 am GMT), and telling them not to leave the country
In comparison, 60 percent of the total non-Indian H-1B workers had salaries of more than $100,000 in FY24
Trump on Friday slapped a $100,000 application fee on the widely used H-1B visa program, a move that would drastically increase the cost of visas heavily coveted by some of America’s largest companies
The government is likely to clear most technical visas for key positions, the report said
The UK on Wednesday announced the timetable and arrangements for the introduction of pre-entry tuberculosis (TB) screening from August 16 in India, which as per World Health Organisation parameters falls is a 'high-TB incidence' country.