According to an order issued by US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time), H-1B visa holders will be prevented from entering the US from Sunday (21 September), until his employer has paid an annual fee of US $ 1 lakh (about Rs 88 lakh) for each employee.

Under this order, this visa entry restriction and fee rule will apply to both new and existing H-1B visa holders. For the new H-1-1B visa or H-1B expansion, payment of $ 1 lakh will be required and after that it will be mandatory to pay this fee every year.

The period of ban has been told that this rule will remain in force for 12 months, but it can be extended on the recommendation of federal immigration agencies. If it is extended, this ban will continue for FY 2027 H-1B cap petition approved foreign employees.

Both companies and employees may have heavy

This step may have a huge impact to both companies and employees. The Trump administration has instructed companies to pay 1 million dollars of annual fee for every H-1B employee. This increased fee has been applied to prevent the systematic misuse of the H-1B program. Earlier this administrative fee was only $ 1,500. This new order can create instability in Big Tech companies and employees are being advised to stay in America or return early.

Its effect on Indian employees can be deeper. According to the USCIS data, around 4 lakh H-1B visas issued between October 2022 and September 2023 are 72% Indians. New York-based Immigration Advocate Cyrus Mehta has warned that many H-1B holders present in India will not be able to reach America till the time limit (September 21 midnight), as it is not possible to reach on time from direct flight. He said that H-1B holders may be trapped out of America on business or holiday if they do not reach America in time.

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Pakistan action on beggars: A large number of people from Pakistan go to begging in Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Qatar and other Gulf countries, this has become well known and due to this, it has also been very much troubled in international level. In such a situation, taking strict action to Pakistani beggars, the Gulf country is denying them. The countries that have taken these action include Muslim countries like Qatar, Oman, Iraq, Malaysia. The Shahbaz government of Pakistan, which is suffering internationally, has announced to take action against the deputed beggars.

The Shahbaz Sharif government has announced to cancel the passports of Pakistani beggars deployed from other countries including the Gulf. Apart from this, the government will also impose travel ban on all of them for five years and has also decided to register an FIR against all those people. A report revealed that Saudi Arabia, called the stronghold of Islam, deployed more than 5,000 beggars from the country in the last 16 months. Apart from this, Saudi also heard Pakistan very well with beggars.

Shahbaz government will take action on beggars

In this regard, Pakistani officials said that action will be taken against 7,873 beggars deployed in the next parliamentary meeting. All these beggars have been submitted from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Oman between 2019 and 2025, who have been part of an international begging syndicate.

Pakistan is running on the loan of IMF and ADB

People of Pakistan go to countries like Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq on the pretext of performing Haj and they start begging as soon as they reach there. Pakistan, which is suffering due to beggars, is now hesitant to issue visas to Pakistanis.

Despite so much trouble internationally, the government of Shahbaz Sharif of Pakistan has not taken any step so far, because the truth is that these beggars play an important role in the DGP of Pakistan. Pakistani Defense Minister Khwaja Asif recently said that around 2.2 crore Pakistani begs, who support 42 billion Pakistani rupees every year in Pakistan’s economy. In addition to the begging of beggars, the Shahbaz government is dependent on the IMF’s bailout package or UMF donation to run Pakistan’s economy.