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. The fee first imposed by Trump in a temporary proclamation last year vastly raises the cost of the visas that are heavily relied on in the tech,…
The Trump administration has introduced a proposed regulation to impose a fee exceeding $100,000 for new H-1B visas, an unprecedented move that was first introduced last year but subsequently blocked by courts. This significant increase in fees for the visas crucial in tech, education, and research sectors was initially enacted through a temporary proclamation by President Donald Trump last year.
However, a federal judge in June declared the fee to be illegal and prohibited the administration from collecting it. The regulation, which expires in September, directs the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to adopt the permanent rule. The proposed fee, pegged at $103,265, kicks off a 30-day public comment period, with the rule potentially finalized by the end of the year.
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