{"id":602,"date":"2025-09-21T05:24:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T05:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/?p=602"},"modified":"2025-09-21T05:24:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T05:24:14","slug":"new-us-visa-policy-hits-indian-citizens-hardest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/?p=602","title":{"rendered":"New US visa policy hits Indian citizens hardest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The United States\u2019 new visa policy has dealt a major blow to Indian citizens, who have been the largest beneficiaries of skilled worker visas.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to impose a hefty annual visa fee of $100,000, thousands of Indians could soon face serious challenges in pursuing work opportunities in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to official data from 2024, a total of 399,395 H-1B visas were issued by the US. Of these, a staggering 283,397 visas &#8212; about 72% &#8212; went to Indian citizens, cementing India\u2019s position as the top recipient of skilled US visas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China was a distant second, receiving 46,680 H-1B visas during the same period. Meanwhile, all other countries combined, including Pakistan, accounted for less than 1% of the total visas issued, highlighting the overwhelming share held by Indian professionals in the American tech and corporate sectors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new policy announced by President Trump includes a dramatic visa fee hike of $100,000 for H-1B applicants. Immigration experts warn that this steep increase could heavily impact thousands of Indian professionals, many of whom rely on the H-1B program for employment in the US.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States\u2019 new visa policy has dealt a major blow to Indian citizens, who have been the largest beneficiaries of skilled worker visas. With US President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to impose a hefty annual visa fee of $100,000, thousands of Indians could soon face serious challenges in pursuing work opportunities in the US. According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":603,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=602"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":604,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/602\/revisions\/604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailysadaepakistan.com\/English\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}