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Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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1245 points mriguy | 2 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mister_mort ◴[19 Sep 25 20:21 UTC] No.45306080[source]▶
If this is truly per application, the companies that try to boost their chances with the lottery by creating multiple applications for the same person are going to get hit hard. Phantom companies that only exist on paper so people can tweak the probabilities are now liabilities.

We'll see a rebalancing for sure.

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DeRock ◴[19 Sep 25 20:40 UTC] No.45306292[source]▶
> the companies that try to boost their chances with the lottery by creating multiple applications for the same person

This was already addressed by changing the odds to be per unique candidate, not application, thereby reducing the incentive to game it. More context here: https://www.uscis.gov/newsroom/news-releases/uscis-announces...

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namirez ◴[19 Sep 25 20:54 UTC] No.45306442[source]▶
Unfortunately that doesn't work in practice since the consulting firms submit multiple applications for multiple candidates to get one candidate in. I believe charging extra for each application is a good way to discourage this practice but I'm not sure if $100k is the right number or not. To me it seems a bit too high.
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1. sbmthakur ◴[19 Sep 25 21:13 UTC] No.45306691[source]▶
Wasn't the application linked to the candidate's passport number?
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2. namirez ◴[19 Sep 25 21:20 UTC] No.45306766[source]▶
Again, it doesn't matter. You could apply for 100 candidates hoping to get one candidate accepted. For these firms, individual candidates don't matter. They want to get X number of cheap employees into the US per year. And they never file for a green card.