POTUS to add $100K fee for H1-B visas.
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Chief Engineer on X has been complaining about H-1B visas for a long time. Here's what wrote about this - https://x.com/ChiefNiftyswell/status/1969137232285220939
Foreign Visas, American Decay: The Systemic Replacement of U.S. Workers
Trump’s $100,000 H-1B Fee, Questions the Media Won’t Answer
The Trump administration just dropped a bombshell. A $100,000 fee for H-1B applications.
The White House says it’s to curb abuse, stop wage suppression, and protect American workers. But the details are thin, and the stakes are massive.
Here are the questions no one is answering yet:
• Is the $100,000 fee refundable if a petition is denied? • Does it apply to extensions for existing H-1B workers, or only new petitions? • Is it in addition to existing fees, or replacing them? • Will outsourcing firms that flood the lottery with entries be forced to pay, or will they find new loopholes? • How will this affect U.S. tech companies that quietly rely on the cheap labor pipeline? • Will higher prevailing wage requirements finally push companies to hire Americans first?
It's essentially a 30k / yr fee on top of existing fees.
Has the administration been listening to us?
For decades, we were told the H-1B system was untouchable. Now it’s being rewritten in real time.
The policy could end the cost advantage that let corporations replace Americans with imported labor. Or it could be watered down in the details.
What happens next depends on how these questions get answered.
References
Bloomberg News. (2025, September 19). Trump to add new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas in latest crackdown. Bloomberg. https://bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-19/trump-to-add-new-100-000-fee-for-h-1b-visas-in-latest-crackdown
Reuters. (2025, September 19). Trump mulls adding new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas – Bloomberg News reports. Reuters. https://reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-mulls-adding-new-100000-fee-h-1b-visas-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-09-19
The Economic Times. (2025, September 20). Trump to impose new $100,000 fee for H-1B visas in sweeping overhaul: Report. The Economic Times. https://m.economictimes.com/nri/work/trump-to-impose-new-100000-fee-for-h-1b-visas-in-sweeping-overhaul-report/articleshow/124004554.cms
http://Investing.com. (2025, September 19). Trump to impose $100,000 fee on H-1B visa applications – Bloomberg. http://Investing.com. https://investing.com/news/economy-news/trump-to-impose-100000-fee-on-h1b-visa-applications--bloomberg-93CH-4247341