US proposes upping H-1B visa fee to more than $100,000
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 proposed a significant increase to the fee associated with H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, setting the cost at over $100,000. This proposal, first introduced last year by President Donald Trump but subsequently blocked by courts, aims to raise the expense of visas heavily utilized in the tech, education, and research sectors.
A federal judge ruled in June that the fee was unlawful and prohibited the administration from collecting it. The validity of this decision is currently being reviewed by a Boston-based appeals court, while another court is assessing whether a previous challenge, filed by a major business group, was properly rejected by a judge in Washington, D.C.
The 2025 proclamation imposing the fee is set to expire in September, one year after its issuance, but the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been directed to adopt regulations to make it permanent. The proposed $103,265 fee was posted online in the Federal Register on Monday and is set to be formally published on Tuesday, initiating a 30-day public comment period.
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