India proposes to take US to WTO on visa fee hike - The Times of India:
"NEW DELHI: India proposes to take the US to the WTO disputing 'discrimination' against the Indian software companies which are being asked to pay higher H-1B and L1 visa fee for their employees than the American firms for bringing more number of skilled immigrants to their country at lesser costs.
"The Department of Commerce is working to build up a case of WTO violations by US resulting from the implementation of the visa fee hike," an official said.
He said the discrimination was the result of the US Border Security Act of 2010. India has been raising its concern for the last 18 months. The law, also known as the James Zadroga Act, substantially increased the fees for H-1B and L1 categories of visas for applicants which employ more than 50 persons in the US or have more than 50% of their employees admitted on non-immigrant visas (the 50:50 rule).
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