India, Sept. 22 -- New Delhi Indian-origin US Congressman Ami Bera, a Democrat who was heading to New Delhi when President Donald Trump announced $100,000 application fee on the H-1B visa programme, has called the move a "mistake", stressing that it's "going to hurt US companies because clearly we need these technology workers".

The development comes a day after Trump imposed a $100,000 annual application fee on the H-1B visa programme, effectively shutting the door on tens of thousands of skilled Indian employees, especially in the technology sector.

"It caught us by surprise. We get on an airplane in the United States, and you have no idea this is going to happen," Bera, who is visiting New Delhi to meet business leaders and governmen...