U.S. H-1B visa fee hike “unworkable”

President Trump’s new $100,000 H-1B visa fee for skilled foreign
workers is prompting Big Tech to consider moving more jobs
oversees – the exact opposite of what it was meant to do

D’oh!

TOP 10 COMPANIES ISSUING H-1B VISAS, 2024*

Amazon
Tata
Microsoft
Meta
Apple
Google
Cognizant
JP Morgan
Wal-Mart
Deloitte

0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000

10,144
5,505
5,189
5,123
4,202
4,181
2,493
2,440
2,390
2,353

Corporate clients... have said
this new fee is simply unworkable...
and it’s time for us to start looking
for other countries where we can
have highly skilled talent

CHRIS THOMAS,
HOLLAND & HART
IMMIGRATION
ATTORNEY

GRANTED H-1B VISAS BY OCCUPATION GROUP, 2024* (%)

Computer-related
Architecture, engineering, surveying
Education
Administration
Health: 4.2%
Other

63.9 10.2 6.0 5.4 10.3

*Fiscal year.
Visa illustration sources: Boundless Immigration/Google Gemini. Picture: Holland & Hart
Sources: Reuters, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Homeland Security
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