New Delhi, April 13 -- H-1B visa petitions from United States-based financial companies dropped 10% in FY26 for the October to December quarter, compared to the same period last fiscal, according to a report by Business Insider.

The downward trend comes amid US President Donald Trump's visa policy changes, which hiked price of new applications to $1,00,000 each, it said, adding that leading among the lenders who decreased filings include Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan.

Further, among tech companies, all major companies, except Nvidia also saw their H1-B application numbers slide in Q1FY26. Business Insider said the named companies did not respond to queries.

The report noted that data from the US Department of Labor showed that financial f...