Guwahati, Sept. 20 -- H-1B employees that includes visa holders, will not be allowed entry to the US from Sunday onwards "unless their employer has paid a USD 100,000 annual fee (over Rs 88 lakh) for the employee, as per a proclamation signed by President Donald Trump on Friday (local time)."

The travel bar and fee requirement will be applicable to any H-1B holder visiting the US after 12:01 am EDT (9:30 am IST) on Sunday (September 21). New H-1B and H-1B extensions must pay USD 100,000 to be processed and USD 100,000 per year every year thereafter to maintain them, the proclamation said.

"The proclamation allows the Department of Homeland Security to grant exceptions to the ban for individual foreign nationals, foreign nationals workin...