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- The U.S. plans to hike the H-1B visa application fee to increase funding for the expansion of an apprentice programme.
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Proposed changes: The Labour Department has also made changes to the H-1B application forms to ensure greater transparency and better protect American workers from employers seeking to misuse the programme.
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Financial burden: Specific details of the proposed increase not been in public yet. But given past experience, Indian IT companies, which account for a large number of H-1B applications, are likely to face additional financial burden because of this.
Source
The Hindu