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• @glen_mcgregor Glen E. McGregor on x

  Lutnick chimes in that the H1B visa fee will be $100,000 *every year* not a one-time application fee. This seems insane but massive opportunity for Canada to scoop up top engineering talent.

• @rapidresponse47 @rapidresponse47 on x

  .@POTUS signs a Proclamation to restrict the entry of certain H-1B aliens into the U.S. as nonimmigrant workers, requiring a $100,000 payment to accompany or supplement H-1B petitions for new applications. AMERICA FIRST! [video]

• @esthercrawford Esther Crawford on x

  Weird seeing people who are supposedly champions of startups and Little Tech cheer on the introduction of a $100k for H-1Bs given it'll immediately be cost prohibitive for early-stage startups to hire from that very talented pool. Big Tech can absorb the fees, startups can't.

• @lhfang Lee Fang on x

  Significant drop in stocks for Indian IT firms that dominate the H-1B visa field directly after the news the Trump admin will impose a $100k fee for the work visas [image]

• @garymarcus Gary Marcus on x

  this is particularly shitty for young startups [image]

• @jeremylneufeld Jeremy Neufeld on x

  I'm all for using auctions or fees to get H-1Bs to the best talent. But this won't be legal, has no price discovery, and risks driving down retention of STEM PhDs (are cap-exempt universities going to have to pay this?) [image]

• @robertmsterling Robert Sterling on x

  Trump just obliterated several multi-billion-dollar Indian staffing companies. Many H-1B workers are hired via IT consulting and contracting companies, not directly by businesses. And these companies have big market caps: Cognizant: $34B Infosys: $70B Tata Consultancy: $130B [ima…

• @devahaz Deva Hazarika on x

  For 3 year visa, that's $33k/yr or 11% premium for 300k comp job. That doesn't seem crazy for hard to fill jobs. Feels like a win for big tech and finance companies, tough for smaller companies. Prob drives more outsourcing at lower levels.

• @josephpolitano @josephpolitano on x

  The new $100k/year H1B fee is pure economic self-harm—workers making **5 times the median US income**, who contribute massively to the US, would still basically be unable to afford this fee Oh, but never fear, the White House reserves the right to dish out exemptions as favors! […

• @reichlinmelnick Aaron Reichlin-Melnick on x

  NEW: I got a copy of the H-1B proclamation. It's a 212(f) travel ban proclamation banning the entry into the US of H-1B visa holders who haven't paid the United States $100,000. It appears to go into effect IMMEDIATELY, despite the US having no system to accept such payments. [im…

• @usdol @usdol on x

  The days of employers abusing H-1B Visas are over. Introducing PROJECT FIREWALL—our plan to ensure high-skilled jobs go to AMERICANS FIRST 🇺🇸 [video]

• @growing_daniel Daniel on x

  This keeps out the smart people from the third world that we should want here while restaurants and uber seem to have no problem getting tons of low skilled workers through chain migration etc. I'd understand curbing the program but this kills it.

• @deedydas Deedy on x

  Devastating immigration news! Trump to add $100k fee for H-1B visas. [image]

• @powerbottomdad1 @powerbottomdad1 on x

  indians panicking but the funny part is this will be clearly good for India right? stopping the brain drain I mean? they should be happy

• @pitdesi Sheel Mohnot on x

  I initially thought the H-1B reform was reasonable but it's $100k per year, not per visa That is too much, will definitely have a negative effect on innovation in the US. It's basically only for people who make >$400k now. [video]

• @egeerdil2 Ege Erdil on x

  this is illegal since the relevant legislation only gives USCIS the authority to charge fees in order to cover costs, and is most likely going to get struck down by the courts in a few months people shouldn't discuss it as if it's a serious policy

• @signulll @signulll on x

  did the administration think of the downstream effects of $100k h1b fee? let's maybe try mapping it out, shall we? the h1b tightening (or even just the perception that h1b is a dead end) potentially nukes the intl student pipeline. right now intl tuition is a subsidy engine.

• @mims Christopher Mims on x

  I got A LOT of pushback when I wrote — in June — about how America's rejection of the world's best and brightest is leading to a “brain gain” for the rest of the world. But if this $100k fee on H-1B visas actually happens, expect that phenomenon to go into overdrive. [image]

• @deedydas Deedy on x

  🚨 Here's what Trump's executive order on the $100,000 H-1B ACTUALLY says: — It only applies to those entering the US — Effective Sep 21, 2025 and valid for 12 months — Decision on renewal of the EO will happen 30 days after the H-1B lottery — Says it's a one time payment. No [ima…

• @atalovesyou Atal Agarwal on x

  🚨 MICROSOFT'S INTERNAL H-1B GUIDANCE JUST LEAKED Microsoft tells employees: - If in US: “Remain in the U.S. for the foreseeable future” to “avoid being denied reentry” - H-4 dependents: Also stay in US (even though proclamation doesn't mention them) - If abroad: “Strongly

• @mohapatrahemant Hemant Mohapatra on x

  Wow, didn't expect US to slap a 100k PER YEAR fee on H1B. I was in US for 15 years on H1B, that would have meant a $1.5M fee paid to the gov. While I was working on semicon in US (a critical area, not IT) my salary was <$100k. No way AMD would have hired me. I published papers,

• @bernhardsson Erik Bernhardsson on x

  Sure, there's H-1B abuse, but there's a tradeoff curve here, right? Going all the way to a $100k fee feels like way past the point of curbing most abuse, and well into the territory of losing out on a lot of great talent.

• @danieldimartino Daniel Di Martino on x

  Adding a 100K fee to obtain an H-1B visa would end the program. It would be terrible for the U.S. economy, especially healthcare and STEM. Few if any firms will pay 100K to sponsor an immigrant on top of their salary. Thankfully, this is illegal. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @scottlincicome Scott Lincicome on x

  Given prior research on how R&D-intensive companies in the US respond to new limits on H1Bs (link/screenshot in next tweet), this EO should be called the “Offshoring Innovative US Industries Act of 2025”

• @yuchenj_uw Yuchen Jin on x

  It's sad to hear President Trump raised the H-1B Visa fee from $1,000 to $100,000. - New grads will struggle to get a job - Startups can't afford global talent - Top minds will go to immigration-friendly countries to study and work US can't lose its biggest moat: global talent

• @radiofreeflorida @radiofreeflorida on bluesky

  It's not about raising money or improving the workforce.  It's about turning off legal immigration.  —  Aside from the impact on the Tech Bros, this will crush school systems across the country who often rely on foreign teachers, especially from the Philippines, to serve in U.S. …

• @teacherspeaks52 Patricia A. McGowan on bluesky

  The tech community was front and center at the inauguration.  Hmmmm ... I guess the tech community needs to train/use #POC here in #America.  —  www.reuters.com/business/med...

• @petertl Peter Thal Larsen on bluesky

  It's clear that the US Commerce Secretary, a guy whose experience of business consists of running a second-tier Wall Street brokerage, has no clue about how most industry actually works.  —  www.reuters.com/business/med...  [image]

• @mclean Michael McLean on bluesky

  Holy shit, H1-B holders that are out of the country right now have to return to America before 12:01am Sunday or they will be subjected to a $100k entry fee.  People in India don't have enough time to do that.  —  www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

• @davidho David Ho on bluesky

  I have a postdoc who's currently on an H-1B, and I'm worried about whether he'll be able to return to the US after our fieldwork in Iceland.  —  www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...  [image]

• @lorenzopiccoli Lorenzo Piccoli on bluesky

  This move might negatively impact research and innovation in the U.S.: H1b was a common visa for excellent postdoc scientists to move to the U.S.  —  www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-h...

• @tomsebald @tomsebald on bluesky

  Based on this it appears to be another circle jerk EO that will be implemented in a hapharazard manner and changes as needed based on pushback.  —  www.reuters.com/business/med...

• @mitsuhiko.at Armin Ronacher on bluesky

  I don't know if you've ever been in the situation of working on a visa (or knew someone who did).  Shit stressful as it is.  Preventing you from traveling abroad, unless your employer pay a hundred thousand dollars, is fucked up.  I hope I'm misinterpreting this. www.whitehouse.g…

• @rivertam @rivertam on bluesky

  Microsoft gave guidance on H1Bs to its employees last night [image]

• @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com Gergely Orosz on bluesky

  The full order: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...  Because this cam out of the blue and sudden: other, similar orders could come out of the blue and sudden.  —  So those on visas will surely consider international travel a potential risk, and opt for zoom calls over flying when …

• @immcouncil.org @immcouncil.org on bluesky

  H1-B workers don't take jobs — they create them.  —  They make our companies more competitive globally and help us lead in tech, medicine, and defense.  —  This policy shrinks our talent pipeline, undermines job creation, and hands America's competitive edge to global rivals.

• @cuthrell.com Jay Cuthrell on bluesky

  Friday news dump tropes aside, I'm kind of curious how this list of Global Systems Integrator (GSI) stocks will look one week from now.

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on bluesky

  $100K/year per worker for H-1B visas is practically a death knell for the program.  This will create a significant wave of outsourcing and will hurt local economies dependent on tech workers.  —  If you paid me to sabotage America's economy, I couldn't do a better job than the Tr…

• @diedrichbader Diedrich Bader on bluesky

  www.bloomberg.com/news/article...  This is an astonishingly stupid thing to do  —  It's telling smart people to STAY OUT  —  Dont come and work for our economy paying taxes and innovating our industries  —  Especially at a time when we're cutting research grants  —  Together it's…

• @joshuaholland Joshua Holland on bluesky

  Highly educated workers coming here legally is not bad and by definition it isn't illegal.

• @jayapal.house.gov Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on bluesky

  These are visas for skilled workers — doctors, scientists, and engineers.  —  This move will hurt US innovation and exacerbate an already serious shortage of medical professionals.  In what world does this make sense?? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

• @josephpolitano Joey Politano🏳️‍ on bluesky

  I have no idea how this is going to work (and Bloomberg, who is the source for this reporting, doesn't seem to either), but it has long been obvious to anyone with half a brain that Trump hates documented immigration too and was going to push to reduce it  —  www.bloomberg.com/ne…

• r/antiwork r on reddit

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

• r/Defeat_Project_2025 r on reddit

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

• r/healthIT r on reddit

  H1B visas to cost $100k a year

• r/brdev r on reddit

  USA vai cobrar 100kUSD em visas de trabalho H-1B

• r/SingaporeRaw r on reddit

  Will Singapore Add a $100k Visa Fee Too?

• r/walkaway r on reddit

  Trump signed a proclamation to restrict the entry of certain H-1B aliens, requiring a $100,000 payment to accompany or supplement H-1B petitions …

• r/jobs r on reddit

  Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas

• r/YAPms r on reddit

  Trump signs sweeping executive order requiring $100,000 (annual?) fee to issue H-1B visas

• r/AmericanTechWorkers r on reddit

  The 100k H1-B fee does not apply like you all think it does and will be avoided.  Buzzkill Alert

• r/guam r on reddit

  Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers

• r/centrist r on reddit

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

• r/levels_fyi r on reddit

  News: Trump plans on adding a $100k fee for H1-B hires

• r/Conservative r on reddit

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

• r/moderatepolitics r on reddit

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

• r/bayarea r on reddit

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

• r/politics r on reddit

  Trump to impose $100K fee on H-1B visas in new immigration action

• r/redscarepod r on reddit

  Trump to implement a 100k fee for h1-b visas

• r/economy r on reddit

  Trump to impose $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

• r/deloitte r on reddit

  H1-B Visa

• r/nursing r on reddit

  Trump to impose $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

• r/politics r on reddit

  Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas

• r/india r on reddit

  Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas

• r/stupidpol r on reddit

  Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown

• r/unusual_whales r on reddit

  Trump to impose $100K fee on H-1B visas in new immigration action

• r/recruiting r on reddit

  Trump to impose $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas

• r/technology r on reddit

  Trump to impose $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas

• r/berkeley r on reddit

  White House pursuing $100K fee for H1B applications

• r/TheBusinessMix r on reddit

  Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas

• r/inthenews r on reddit

  Trump expected to add new $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

• r/bayarea r on reddit

  Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown

• r/StockMarket r on reddit

  Trump administration to add $100,000 fee for H-1B visas

• r/economicCollapse r on reddit

  Trump administration is planning to add a $100,000 to the fee for H-1B visa applications

• r/consulting r on reddit

  Trump expected to add new $100,000 fee for H-1B Visas, Bloomberg News reports

• r/ExperiencedDevs r on reddit

  Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown

• r/USVisas r on reddit

  [Bloomberg] Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown

• r/MBA r on reddit

  $100k fee added for H1B visas - nail in coffin for internationals?

• r/DeepStateCentrism r on reddit

  [Bloomberg] Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown

• r/politics r on reddit

  Trump to Add New $100,000 Fee for H-1B Visas in Latest Crackdown