{"id":173592,"date":"2025-09-22T08:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/173592\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:48:07","slug":"trump-imposes-100000-h-1b-visa-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/173592\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump imposes $100,000 H-1B visa fee"},"content":{"rendered":"

New fee sparks panic across tech sector<\/p>\n

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Donald Trump has imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications. Big Tech is worried.<\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive action imposing a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications, a move that industry leaders warn could severely disrupt the technology sector\u2019s access to skilled foreign workers.<\/p>\n

The order, which took effect on 21 September, bars H-1B holders from entering or re-entering the US unless their petition includes the new payment. The H-1B programme, capped at 85,000 visas annually, is a critical route for companies such as Google, Amazon and Microsoft to fill high-demand technical roles.<\/p>\n

The announcement has triggered widespread alarm within the tech industry. Internal memos leaked from several of Silicon Valley\u2019s biggest firms<\/a> urged foreign employees on H-1B visas to return to the US immediately to avoid being stranded abroad. Workers already in the US have been advised not to travel internationally \u201cuntil further notice\u201d.<\/p>\n

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick defended the policy, stating the fee would ensure \u201conly the very best\u201d workers come to the US. He confirmed discussions are ongoing over whether the $300,000 total would be charged upfront or in annual instalments.<\/p>\n

Trump described the policy as a way to prioritise American workers while still leaving \u201ca pathway for great talent\u201d to enter the country. However, the sudden change risks worsening talent shortages<\/a> in sectors already struggling to recruit.<\/p>\n

\u201cTech companies depend on H-1B visas to remain competitive and innovative,\u201d said one industry analyst. \u201cThis fee will price out smaller firms and push more talent to Canada and Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alongside the fee hike, Trump also unveiled a so-called \u201cgold card\u201d programme, offering fast-tracked US residency to wealthy immigrants who pay $1 million individually or $2 million via corporate sponsorship. Critics say the measure shifts the focus of immigration away from skills and towards wealth.<\/p>\n

While Trump has oscillated in his stance on the H-1B programme, praising it last year as a source of \u201cgreat workers\u201d, his latest move marks a sharp escalation in efforts to restrict legal immigration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New fee sparks panic across tech sector Donald Trump has imposed a $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173593,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[103592,191,12,790,74,35359,24,1350,3123],"class_list":{"0":"post-173592","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-big-tech-h-1b-visa","9":"tag-computing","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-immigration","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-us-government","14":"tag-usa","15":"tag-visa","16":"tag-white-house"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}