{
  "id": 3055431,
  "title": "US proposes upping H-1B visa fee to more than $100,000",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/us-proposes-upping-h-1b-visa-fee-to-more-than-100-000",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T15:57:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/world/20260825/us-proposes-upping-h-1b-visa-fee-to-more-than-100000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The U.S. government has proposed a significant increase in the fee for H-1B visas, which allow highly skilled foreign workers to enter the country. The new fee, proposed at over $100,000, is more than ten times the current cost and would make the visas much more expensive for employers to obtain. This fee was first imposed by President Donald Trump in a temporary proclamation last year, but was blocked by a federal judge in June. The proposal, issued by the Department of Homeland Security, comes as the temporary fee remains in place pending further court decisions. The proposed $103,265 fee will be open to public comment for 30 days before being formally published.",
  "summary": "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,…",
  "key_points": [
    "U.S. proposes H-1B visa fee over $100,000",
    "Fee ten times current cost, more expensive for employers",
    "Proposed fee open to public comment for 30 days"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "US proposes upping H-1B visa fee to more than $100,000",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/us-proposes-upping-h-1b-visa-fee-to-more-than-100-000-3056906",
        "published": "2026-08-24T16:02:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}