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Big Tech Tells H-1B Workers Not to Leave Country Due to Trump’s New Policy
The new $100,000 fee aims to limit H-1B visa use, targeting multinational corporations and promoting job opportunities for American workers, officials said.
- On September 21, 2025, President Donald Trump’s executive order took effect, imposing a $100,000 fee on each H-1B visa application or renewal.
- The order aims to reduce alleged systemic abuse of the H-1B program, which critics say allows companies to suppress wages and displace American workers.
- In response, major employers like Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and JPMorgan advised H-1B visa holders to remain in the US or return before the deadline to avoid reentry denial.
- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick emphasized that an individual must be highly important to both the company and the country; otherwise, they will leave and the company will replace them with an American worker.
- The order could disrupt the tech sector's reliance on skilled foreign workers, particularly given India’s large share of H-1B beneficiaries, who accounted for 72% of visas issued between 2022 and 2023.
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'Fast and furious': H-1B workers abroad race to US as Trump order sparks dismay, confusion
Panicked and angry workers from India and China abandoned travel plans and rushed back to the U.S. as the Commerce Department and White House shared different information on the order.
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Only new work visas for knowledge workers from abroad coming to work in the United States will cost $100,000. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt announced this after American companies advised their employees abroad to return to the US immediately, fearing high costs. The Trump administration announced Friday that the H-1B visa, intended for American companies seeking to hire foreign workers with skills they cannot find in the US, will no…
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