US EditionThe American Workforce Has a New Challenge: Trump’s $100K Fee on H-1B Visas
The $100,000 fee aims to encourage hiring American workers but may limit foreign entry-level workers and shift recruitment abroad, affecting industries relying on skilled labor.
- On September 19, 2025, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation imposing a new $100,000 fee on companies applying for H-1B visas in the United States.
- The fee aims to address concerns that companies have exploited the H-1B program to replace American workers and suppress wages, and it applies only prospectively to new visa petitions.
- This policy overhaul affects mainly technology firms and the Indian IT industry, with 13,332 employees sent on H-1B visas in early 2025, and US companies like Microsoft, Amazon, and Google advising visa holders to reconsider international travel.
- The US annually grants 85,000 H-1B visas, mostly to Indian nationals filling computer-related roles , with a median approved salary of $120,000, while critics expect legal challenges due to questions over the fee’s legality.
- The new fee may force companies to reconsider hiring strategies, potentially shifting jobs abroad and causing ripple effects on the American labor market and innovation ecosystem.
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How changes to H-1B visas could impact American businesses
The Trump administration moved forward today with its overhaul of H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. The president is proposing a $100,000 fee for anyone applying for the visa. The plan is sparking concern as employees and companies that rely on the workers race to understand the consequences. William Brangham has two perspectives on the plan from Justin Wolfers and Ronil Hira.
Washington.- Wall Street banks and large and small technology companies were rushing Saturday to calculate how their tens of thousands of employees would be affected by President Donald Trump’s proclamation imposing a $100,000 fee for visas granted to qualified foreign workers. The change sparked immediate confusion about the exact rules and their application. Shortly after Trump signed the proclamation on Friday, Microsoft, Amazon and JPMorgan …
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BENGALURU >> India’s $283 billion information technology sector will have to overhaul its decades-old strategy of rotating skilled talent into U.S. projects following President Donald Trump’s move to impose a $100,000 fee for new H-1B visas from Sunday, according to tech veterans, analysts, lawyers and economists.
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