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

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1195 points mriguy | 3 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.613s | source
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srameshc ◴[19 Sep 25 20:45 UTC] No.45306345[source]▶
This is going to kill H1B and immigration from countries like India, China and others for skilled workers. Even though $100K isn't a lot considering the overall investment that goes into hiring a full time employee, employers wouldn't risk that kind of money apart from all the document processing they have to. Maybe big tech will hire a few hundred every year but others won't even bother.
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gorbachev ◴[19 Sep 25 21:18 UTC] No.45306739[source]▶
It is, however, a great opportunity for Canada and Western Europe to snatch all those people who now aren't able to come to the United States.

I know for a fact that multinational companies are expanding in exactly those areas (plus India) for exactly the reason that it's become very difficult to hire and move people to the US.

Those workers aren't paying taxes in the United States, and obviously the companies hiring people outside of the US aren't going to hire people for those positions in the United States.

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1. mancerayder ◴[19 Sep 25 23:01 UTC] No.45307802[source]▶
You think immigration in Western Europe is easy? It depends where, for one thing. It's getting more onerous and there are pressures to make it more so. How good is your French? More importantly, how might a 60K Euro/yr salary feel when you're paying 2-2500 a month in rent to be near work ?

Canadian salaries are also notoriously low in tech.

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2. torton ◴[20 Sep 25 00:39 UTC] No.45308575[source]▶
US is the outlier. Canadian tech salaries are much higher than European, and when working remotely for a US company the compensation overlaps the US salary bands very substantially.

However the ceiling in the US is so much higher that it still makes sense for many to tolerate the chaos and uncertainty of moving here for work.

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3. mancerayder ◴[20 Sep 25 01:04 UTC] No.45308753[source]▶
Exactly. It's an adventure of sorts, and if you're in tech you're in a small percentage of the world population that can gain some degree of wealth. A lot in some cases. It's a risk that's attracted people to the US for centuries. Many people, and I'll admit to being one of them, hope to get some savings, and then move to one of those low wage European countries with a better quality of life!