Chennai: As the US poses restrictions on tech talent mobility, the UK is exploring proposals to abolish some visa fees for global talent and lure them to the country. This comes at a time when the US is making mobility of global talent difficult by increasing the fee for H-1B visa to $100,000. The discussions are being driven by the global talent task force, chaired by Varun Chandra, Starmer’s business adviser, and Lord Patrick Vallance, science minister. Britain’s global talent visa, introduced in 2020, costs £766 to apply for, with partners and children paying the same fee. In the year ending June 2023, there was a 76 per cent rise in the number of global talent visas granted, taking the total to 3,901.