Politics
Trump extends push for $100,000 H-1B visas by another year
Reuters · last week · Read the Full Story on Reuters
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President Donald Trump has extended an executive order imposing a $100,000 fee for H-1B non-immigrant visas by another year amid ongoing legal challenges.
- President Donald Trump extended an executive order imposing a $100,000 fee for H-1B non-immigrant visas by another year.
- The H-1B visa program allows US employers to hire skilled foreign workers in tech and other industries for a few years.
- Trump aims to permanently raise the fee from between $2,000 and $5,000 to at least $100,000 as part of an immigration crackdown.
- A Boston-based appeals court is reviewing a federal judge's June decision that deemed the higher fee illegal and blocked its collection.
- Another court is considering whether a judge properly rejected a challenge to the fee by the US Chamber of Commerce.
- The initial fee hike order from September 2025 was set to expire this month.
- The fee hike does not apply to foreign citizens already in the US on student visas or to current visa renewals.
- Congress established the H-1B visa program in 1990, and the visas are especially critical for tech companies recruiting from India and China.
- Scrutiny and processing changes have impacted hiring plans, prompting top users like Alphabet to increase operations in India.
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