The Congress accused the Narendra Modi government on Saturday of bending backwards to appease US President Donald Trump and claimed that while Trump got appeasement, India suffered humiliation.
“Trump has extended the USD 100,000 H-1B visa fee for another 12 months — a move that will hit Indian IT, tech professionals and the student talent pipeline hard.
“The impact: F-1. H-1B: Harder for Indian students to enter the US workforce. Fewer jobs: Smaller firms may avoid sponsorships altogether. Talent drain: More professionals may look to the UK, Canada and Australia. Remittance risk: Lower migration could mean lower remittances to India over time,” Congress’s media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said in a post on X.
“Modi bent over backwards to appease Trump. Trump got the appeasement. India took the humiliation and the hit,” he said.
Trump has extended by a year the requirement for a USD 100,000 payment for certain H-1B visa petitions, the White House said.
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