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

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1233 points mriguy | 2 comments | 19 Sep 25 19:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.442s | source
1. wonderwonder ◴[20 Sep 25 01:18 UTC] No.45308902[source]▶
Lets Go!!! Raised the minimum salary to $150k. The 100k application fee is per person per year.

Meaning now companies can either hire an American new grad for 100k a year or pay 250k a year to import someone. It also still allows companies to bring over highly skilled foreign workers for which there are no American equivalents.

Really happy with the approach and I think it will be a massive boon for US tech and knowledge workers

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2. Detrytus ◴[20 Sep 25 01:36 UTC] No.45309097[source]▶
Nothing in the proclamation [1] says it is "per year". What it says is that every existing petition must be supplemented by $100k check, otherwise the employee won't be able to (re-)enter the US.

So, if you already got your visa issued for 3 years, and you didn't have any plans to travel abroad you are good until the end of your current visa term (which might be 2-3 years in future).

Also, apparently Department of State has started a pilot program that allows one to extend their H-1B visa without going abroad to have their passport stamped, so in that case you can get 3 more years in the US without the fee. The biggest limitation of course being that you're stuck in the US for the whole time, unable to leave.

[1] https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/rest...