There were reports of Indian professionals who were heading home for festivities disembarking from aircraft at the San Francisco International Airport after Trump's announcement to overhaul H1B visa programme for high-skilled foreign workers. Currently, the H1B visa fee that companies pay to sponsor H1B applicants ranges from about USD 2,000 to USD 5,000, depending on employer size and other costs. The US move will impact Indian nationals that are on H1B visas working for global and Indian companies, it said in a statement. Ajay Bhutoria, a former advisor to President Joe Biden and Asian-American community leader on immigration policy, warned of a potential crisis for the US technology sector's competitive edge with Trump's decision on the H1B visa fee. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is the second-highest beneficiary with 5,505 approved H1B visas in 2025, after Amazon (10,044 workers on H1B visas), according to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).