Trump Administration Moves to Impose More than $100,000 Fee for H-1B Worker Visas
The proposal would make the fee permanent as legal challenges continue and a 30-day public comment period begins, officials said.
- On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security released a proposed regulation establishing a $103,265 fee for H-1B petitions subject to the annual 85,000-visa cap, including 20,000 visas reserved for workers with advanced degrees.
- President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order previously imposed a $100,000 charge that federal courts struck down; DHS now claims this new rule relies on different legal authority to make the fee permanent.
- Many MAGA-aligned critics argue the H-1B program allows companies to suppress wages by replacing American workers, while business groups counter that visas are essential to recruit top talent when qualified domestic applicants are scarce.
- Tuesday's formal publication of the rule begins a 30-day public comment period, though the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other coalitions have previously sued to block similar fee increases, citing lack of congressional authorization.
- Universities and nonprofit research organizations are exempt from this fee; the proposal accompanies recent DHS efforts to expand other immigration-related costs, including a $4,000 biometric fee for certain extension petitions.
14 Articles
14 Articles
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has proposed a plan to significantly increase the application fee for H-1B professional visas from the current approximately $5,000 to $103,265. This measure follows the Trump administration's policy to restrict foreign workers and is scheduled to be finalized by the end of this year after a 30-day public comment period. This is interpreted as an intention to curb the influx of highly skilled foreign work…
Trump administration moves to impose more than $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas
President Donald Trump's administration on Monday released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented more than $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers that Trump first imposed last year but has been blocked by the courts.
(Washington = Yonhap News) Correspondent Baek Na-ri = On the 24th (local time), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security [issued] fees exceeding $100,000 to H-1B visa applicants, known as professional visas...
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Right
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
