{"id":2840,"date":"2025-09-20T02:39:01","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T02:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/20\/trump-signs-proclamation-creating-100000-application-fee-for-h-1b-visas\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T02:39:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T02:39:01","slug":"trump-signs-proclamation-creating-100000-application-fee-for-h-1b-visas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/09\/20\/trump-signs-proclamation-creating-100000-application-fee-for-h-1b-visas\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump signs proclamation creating $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Fee paid by companies set to transform high-skill work visa system, upon which technology sector relies heavily.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>United States President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation requiring a $100,000 application fee for companies seeking to sponsor workers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/8\/14\/what-are-h-1b-visas-and-how-might-the-trump-administration-change-them\">H-1B visas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump signed the proclamation during an event in the Oval Office, while also introducing a separate \u201cgold card\u201d visa for individuals to pay $1 million to expedite their immigration.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/opinions\/2025\/2\/1\/how-maga-fell-out-with-indian-tech-bros\">How MAGA fell out with \u2018Indian Tech-Bros\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2025\/4\/18\/ripple-effect-in-us-anti-immigrant-policy-strains-child-and-eldercare\">\u2018Ripple effect:\u2019 In US, anti-immigrant policy strains child and eldercare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/4\/30\/a-constitutional-loophole-how-phone-inspections-test-us-civil-rights\">A \u2018constitutional loophole\u2019: How phone inspections test US civil rights<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Administration officials said the change to the H1-B programme would assure that companies would only sponsor workers with the most rarified skill sets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need great workers, and this pretty much ensures that\u2019s what\u2019s gonna happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, such a prohibitive fee will likely vastly transform the H-1B system, which was created in 1990 in an effort to boost industries with high-skilled, hard-to-fill jobs, particularly in science, technology, engineering and math.<\/p>\n<p>The visas are reserved for people with bachelor\u2019s degrees or higher and have historically been awarded via a lottery system.<\/p>\n<p>The programme has come under increased scrutiny from the Trump administration amid a wider crackdown on immigration, which Trump has tied to boosting domestic labour.<\/p>\n<p>As part of that campaign, the Trump administration has also sought to introduce more restrictive policies on international students studying in the US, including requiring access to social media accounts and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/7\/15\/court-says-trump-cant-bar-refugees-from-entering-us-with-travel-ban\">ban on foreign travellers<\/a> from several countries.<\/p>\n<p>The administration has previously considered <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/8\/14\/what-are-h-1b-visas-and-how-might-the-trump-administration-change-them\">changing<\/a> the H-1B visa rules to favour higher-paying employers, essentially doing away with the lottery system.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the H-1B programme say it brings the best and brightest to work in the US, creating an edge against foreign competitors.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have long charged that companies have abused the programme, using it to pay lower wages and to impose fewer labour protections.<\/p>\n<p>The technology sector would be the hardest hit by any major change.<\/p>\n<p>This year, Amazon was by far the top recipient of H-1B visas, with more than 10,000 awarded. The company was followed by Tata Consultancy, Microsoft, Apple and Google.<\/p>\n<p>Geographically, California has the highest number of H-1B workers, according to the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, India was the largest beneficiary of H-1B visas last year, accounting for 71 percent of approved beneficiaries. China was a distant second at 11.7 percent, according to government data.<\/p>\n<p>The H-1B visas are approved for a period of three to six years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fee paid by companies set to transform high-skill work visa system, upon which technology sector relies heavily. United States President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation requiring a $100,000 application fee for companies seeking to sponsor workers H-1B visas. 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