The USD 100,000 H1B fee imposed by Trump on US companies on hiring foreign talent in September 2025 has just been removed by a US Federal Court... Yesterday, the Federal Court in Massachusetts held that this payment is in the form of a tax, and the President has no authority to impose any such fee without an approval of the Congress... The rule has been removed from immediate effect and thus for the current cycle of the 2026 H1B visas, this rule would not be applied... So you might suddenly see a surge in filings for more H1B visas by US companies, which means new opening waiting for Indian talent in tech, finance and related roles to apply because Indians used to fill up more than 70% of these roles... Now, before you start applying for any job openings, also look for companies where there have been AI related hiring freezes... and apart from the FAANG companies, one’s best bet would be to find deep pocketed recently funded startups in silicon valley specifically for roles in AI, cloud, data, infra and finance. If your company operating in India would have lateral transfers to the US, this is your time to double down on these relationships... And remember that a general policy that is anti-immigrants remains, so this is a short window where lucky few may get in... If that’s your ambition, all you can do is time it right. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like, Share, Subscribe for more! Follow me on my other social media handles for all updates, events and live sessions- Instagram:casarthakahuja LinkedIn: sarthak-ahuja Website: http://www.casarthakahuja.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Chartered Accountant with about 10 years of experience in areas of Tax Advisory, Startup Consulting, Fundraising, Audits, Deal Advisory, Business Modelling and contract CFO services. Winner of the ISB Young Leader Award 2017 and the Best All Rounder, PGP Class of '17, Sarthak has also been published about in the leading financial newspapers such as The Financial Express as possibly the youngest Indian to have completed the courses of CA, CS and CMA along with a graduate degree in Financial & Investment Analysis from University of Delhi, all by the age of 23 years