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

The $100,000 fee isn't the real route to a visa. See the proclamation text: [1]

(c) The restriction imposed pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall not apply to any individual alien, all aliens working for a company, or all aliens working in an industry, if the Secretary of Homeland Security determines, in the Secretary’s discretion, that the hiring of such aliens to be employed as H-1B specialty occupation workers is in the national interest and does not pose a threat to the security or welfare of the United States.

"At the Secretary's discretion" means "get your bribes ready". Lobbyists are probably already working the phones on this.

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