After US President Donald Trump increased the fee for H1-B visas from $1,500 to $100,000, he may spare a few roles. However, it will not be an act of magnanimity; rather, he may be forced to do so because there is a massive shortfall of people for those roles. The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reviewing policy changes that would increase the cost of applying for H-1B visas to as much as $100,000.

What is H1-B visa?

Under the H-1B programme, U.S. employers are allowed to hire foreign workers in specialty fields like technology, engineering, medicine, and academia. The US healthcare sector has widely used this visa system to hire trained doctors, specialists, nursing staff and other para-medical staff members, as it has a massive shortfall of these professionals. According to

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