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Senior Congress leader and former I&B Minister Manish Tewari has reacted sharply to the latest US move on H1 B Visas and said the move does not augur well for India- US relations .
The Lok Sabha MP from Chandigarh told ANI , “The US is systematically turning on the screws on India. What happened with regard to the H-1B visa is no coincidence at all. If you look at it in context, the premature ceasefire announcement by the US at the instigation of Pakistan, subsequently, the felicitation and the fetting of the Pakistani Army chief in the White House, followed by the 50% tariffs which have been imposed by the US and even the Saudi-Pakistani defence partnership won’t have happened without the tacit support and blessing of the US. So, in a very systematic manner, for reasons which are inexplicable and ununderstandable, the US is deliberately being belligerent towards India and it does not augur well for India-US relations.”
Earlier according to media reports , All new H-1B visa petitions submitted after September 21, including those for the FY2026 lottery, will require payment of the USD 100,000 fee, as announced by President Donald Trump in a recent proclamation, the US government has said.
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in a ‘H-1B FAQ’ document (external link), released on Sunday, said that the September 19 proclamation took an “important, initial, and incremental step” to reform the H-1B visa programme to curb abuses and protect American workers.
