Trump to impose $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas, in blow to tech

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https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/trump-mulls-adding-new-100000-fee-h-1b-visas-bloomberg-news-reports-2025-09-19/

Summary
  • Visas are used principally by tech sector
  • Microsoft, JPMorgan advised H-1B holders to remain in US
  • Over 70% of beneficiaries of H-1B visas enter US from India
  • Latest move in Trump's broader immigration crackdown
The Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas, prompting some big tech companies to warn visa holders to stay in the U.S. or quickly return.

The change could deal a big blow to the technology sector that relies heavily on skilled workers from India and China.
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INDIA ACCOUNTS FOR MOST H-1B VISAS

India was the largest beneficiary of H-1B visas last year, accounting for 71% of approved beneficiaries, while China was a distant second at 11.7%, according to government data.

In the first half of 2025, Amazon.com (AMZN.O), opens new tab and its cloud-computing unit, AWS, had received approval for more than 12,000 H-1B visas, while Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab and Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab had over 5,000 H-1B visa approvals each.

Lutnick said on Friday that "all the big companies are on board" with $100,000 a year for H-1B visas.
"We've spoken to them," he said.

Many large U.S. tech, banking and consulting companies declined to comment or did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Indian embassy in Washington and the Chinese Consulate General in New York also did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Shares of Cognizant Technology Solutions (CTSH.O), opens new tab, an IT services company that relies extensively on H-1B visa holders, closed down nearly 5%. U.S.-listed shares of Indian tech firms Infosys and Wipro closed between 2% and 5% lower.
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Laguna123

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Talents want to go to big tech coy at USA.
Sg got what big tech coy that talents want to join?
 
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Simple.. ts..
100k for work h1 visa..still have many ppl wan go usa.. but if sg also put 100k...u think our overall employment rates for IT sector would up or down ?
 
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It is the same.
They use the word skilled worker , that's why they imposed levy.
We use forged talent, I mean foreign talents , that's why we welcome them.
In all sectors, if you use the word," worker" you charge a levy .
 
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Bring, their millionaires and billionaires as well including low skilled workers
 
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Foreign workers levy.
Copy Singapore... except that we don't have levy for the Talents, only for the lower skilled ones on WP and SPass
 
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