WASHINGTON: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has clarified that the new USD 100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications, introduced under the Trump administration, will not apply to applicants seeking a \u201cchange of status\u201d or \u201cextension of stay.\u201d<\/p>\n
The guidelines, issued on Monday, outline exemptions under the \u201crestriction on entry of certain non-immigrant workers.\u201d President Donald Trump had earlier announced on September 19 that the fee for new H-1B visa applications would be increased to USD 100,000 (approximately Rs 88 lakh).<\/p>\n
\u201cThis announcement will not apply to any previously issued and currently valid H-1B visas, or any petition submitted before 12:01 p.m. Eastern Daylight on September 21, 2025,\u201d USCIS said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The agency further added that the decision would not prevent existing H-1B visa holders from traveling within or outside the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON: The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has clarified that the new USD 100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications, introduced under the Trump administration, will not apply to applicants seeking a \u201cchange of status\u201d or \u201cextension of stay.\u201d The guidelines, issued on Monday, outline exemptions under the \u201crestriction on entry of certain non-immigrant […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,19],"tags":[10427,10428,10430,10426,10429],"class_list":["post-53568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-edu-immi","category-latest","tag-000-fee-on-h-1b-visa-applications","tag-introduced-under-the-trump-administration","tag-issued-on-monday","tag-washington-the-united-states-citizenship-and-immigration-services-uscis-has-clarified-that-the-new-usd-100","tag-will-not-apply-to-applicants-seeking-a-change-of-status-or-extension-of-stay-the-guidelines"],"yoast_head":"\n