WYM ModSep 21
Alarm over Trump’s sudden $100K H-1B visa fee caused chaos for Indian tech workers, like “Rohan Mehta,” scrambling home fearing exclusion. Emma Rossiter and Ishadrita Lahiri reveal how miscommunication inflicted costly panic and trauma on skilled migrants vital to US firms. Learn how policy shifts impact lives and careers: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4wwwz2p1po #EmmaRossiter #IshadritaLahiri #H1BVisa #USImmigration #VisaFee #ImmigrationPolicy #IndianWorkers #TrumpAdministration
H-1B: Man spent $8,000 on flights to get back to the US after visa fears

US officials later clarified current H-1B holders were unaffected but immigration lawyers already advised people to return.