New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- The US Chamber of Commerce on Thursday filed a legal challenge to the Donald Trump administration's $100,000 fee on H-1B visa petitions, arguing that the imposition of the new fee is unlawful.

The lawsuit said that the new fee overrides the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act that givers the H-1B visa programme, including the requirement that visa fees should be based on the costs incurred by the government to process said visas.

"The new $100,000 visa fee will make it cost-prohibitive for US employers, especially start-ups and small and midsize businesses, to utilize the H-1B program, which was created by Congress expressly to ensure that American businesses of all sizes can access the global talent ...