Foreign doctors in the US may be exempt from the $100,000 work visa fee

Doctors whitethorn beryllium exempt from fees successful bid to get a enactment visa to the U.S., Bloomberg reported Monday.

The White House announced past week that it would enforce a $100,000 interest connected foreigners who privation to unafraid an H-1B visa (it chiefly applies to scientists, engineers, programmers and different specially qualified people) to enactment successful the U.S.

However, according to the White House, determination would besides beryllium immoderate “case-by-case exceptions” if deemed to beryllium successful the “national interest.”

Doctors mightiness beryllium included successful those exceptions, a Bloomberg newsman said successful a station connected Platform X, citing White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers.

On Saturday, the White House had backtracked connected the archetypal determination clarifying that the $100,000 interest for H-1B enactment visas would lone use to caller applications, not renewals.

The clarification was fixed aft concerns were raised by India and companies that could beryllium affected by this measure.