India, Sept. 23 -- The United States has proposed significant amendments to the H-1B visa regulations, just days after President Donald Trump signed a proclamation imposing new restrictions on the programme.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has put forward a plan to eliminate the current lottery system used to allocate H-1B visas.

The move comes after Trump's recent proclamation, which announced a $100,000 fee for each new H-1B application.

The visa, widely used by US companies to hire skilled workers in sectors such as technology and engineering, has long been allocated through a random lottery due to overwhelming demand.

"It also gives certainty to American businesses who actually want to bring high-skilled workers to our g...