Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has said the suffering of Telugu IT professionals due to US President Donald Trump's move to steeply hike H1B visa fee would be "unimaginable" and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the issue on a "war-footing". Requesting Hon'ble Prime Minister and EAM Shri @DrSJaishankar to resolve this issue on a war-footing," he said. Earlier on Saturday, state IT and Industries Minister D Sridhar Babu criticised the Union government for maintaining “stoic silence” on the United States’ decision to hike H-1B visa fees steeply. Leavitt emphasised that existing H-1B visa holders, whether in the US or abroad, will not have to pay the fee to re-enter the country. She also clarified that renewals are excluded, and the fee will take effect in the next visa lottery cycle, not immediately.