New Delhi, Sept. 20 -- As President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Friday that restricts the entry into the United States of nonimmigrants working in a "speciality occupation" unless their H-1B petitions are accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000. The new rule is effective from September 21. Owing to this, immigration lawyers and employers are warning US work visa holders to avoid traveling abroad. In fact, many companies are instructing employees to return immediately to America or risk getting stranded.

Immigration experts address some of the most pressing questions being raised.

"H-1B visa holders who are out of the US on business or vacation will get stranded unless they get in before midnight September 21. H-1Bs s...