New Delhi, Sept. 23 -- Indian technology firms are playing down fears over US President Donald Trump's order on a big hike in H-1B visa fees that could make recruitment of Indian workers in the US almost prohibitive, even as share prices of several IT and software firms slipped after the announcement. Over a dozen small and mid-sized information technology (IT) and software firms said this week that the $100,000 fee on fresh work visas will not materially affect their operations.

On Tuesday, IT services firms Sonata Software Ltd, Biralsoft Ltd, Zensar Technology Ltd and Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd, along with data analytics player Latent View Analytics Ltd and business process software firm Digitide Solutions Ltd, said the visa norms...