White House says the $100K H-1B fee will not apply to renewals or existing H-1B holders re-entering the US, only to future applicants in the February lottery
not $100K toll booths. Aaron Reichlin-Melnick / @reichlinmelnick : They need to PUT THIS IN WRITING. Because right now it's anonymous officials versus the actual words in the actual ban on entry that the President signed. Reena Bhardwaj / @reenabhardwaj : Senior White House official tells me “If you are visiting, leaving out of the country or visiting India, they don't need to rush back before Sunday or pay the $100,000 fee. $100,000 is only for new and not current existing it would be holders.” Esther Crawford / @esthercrawford : 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. Ege Erdil / @egeerdil2 : 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 LinkedIn: Robert Kelchen : The Trump administration says that H-1B holders do not have to get back in the country today to avoid their employers paying a $100,000 fee … Bluesky: Jay Cuthrell / @cuthrell.com : A few thoughts on the chaos of H1-B visa fee hikes via EO on a Friday fudge.org/archive/snea... Elissa Taub / @ejtaub : This regime lies about everything all the time. The black letter wording of the proclamation relates to all H1B entries. They could've been more precise, but they're all nitwits and terrible writers. So I can't advise without proof of what the rumors are. Simple as that. [embedded post] @salma-not-hayek : how long till “oh we made a typo we meant $100” [embedded post] @gloriasin : Well that basically kills the H1B visa. So much for “legal” immigration. [embedded post] Ken Tindell / @kentindell : Deliberate mental torture of current holders to let them spent hours in fear and panic from to the previous announcement. [embedded post] Mastodon: Simon Willison / @simon@fedi.simonwillison.net : Leaked memo from Amazon that warns existing H1B holders to avoid travel back into the USA after the September 21st deadline - their lawyers evaluated the new executive order as not just affecting new applications https://www.businessinsider.com/ ... [images] Forums: Hacker News : New H-1B visa fee will not apply to existing holders, official says r/technology : White House tries to tamp down corporate panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul r/economy : New H-1B visa fee will not apply to existing holders, official says r/politics : Trump administration tries to tamp down panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul r/india : New H-1B visa fee will not apply to existing holders, official says r/neoliberal : Trump administration tries to tamp down panic for high-skill visa holders after last-minute overhaul
Corporate lawyers and others with agendas are creating a lot of FAKE NEWS around President Trump's H-1B Proclamation, but these are FACTS: 1. The Proclamation does not apply to anyone who has a current visa. 2. The Proclamation only applies to future applicants in the February
WH official confirms to FT that new H1B fees will apply *only* to new applicants, not current holders or those renewing. Will kick in next cycle. Also it's not an annual fee, but a one-off at time of application.
We now have an official proclamation that says one thing, an official admin tweet that says another, and a cabinet official saying yet another different thing. Comical execution.
I spoke to immigration lawyer Sophie Alcorn for an hour to answer the most pressing questions about the new $100k H-1B fee. Sophie's (@Sophie_Alcorn) represented startup founders, employees and employers for over a decade in the Bay Area and is one of the experts on the topic. [i…
If I'm reading this right, the new H-1B law is the biggest win for foreign students in years. Already on F-1/OPT? You're excluded from the $100k fee + face less lottery competition. Foreign-born, U.S.-educated talent can finally stay if they find work. Massive.
This is how the rollout of the H-1B $100,000 fee has gone thus far: - During the Friday White House Press Conference, the Secretary of Commerce, who has no authority over immigration, was invited to communicate the rollout of the new policy, where he said that it would be an
Even if this is true, the fact they did not think to clarify this at the time of the announcement is a nice demonstration of this administration's incompetence
Crazy shit. You're left to make the decision: Do you trust this tweet or the official proclamation which says the opposite? Do we trust Lutnick that the fee is yearly or the proclamation (also at odds)
MOST PEOPLE DON'T GET IT - FRONTIER TECH RELIES ON THE OUTLIERS We only have one Ilya, one Elon, and one Sergey Brin. We wouldn't have OpenAI, Tesla, or Google if we had banned H1-Bs And no, it is impossible to know who will be the next Elon or Ilya to pay the $100K fees
Breaking on H1B Visa $100,000 Fee issue: -This is a one-time fee that applies only to the petition -It ONLY applies to new visas, not renewals or current visa holders -It will first apply in the next upcoming lottery cycle -It does not apply to 2025 lottery winners
This current policy outcome = massive gift to every overseas tech hub. Cities like Vancouver/Toronto will thrive instead of American cities. In the middle of an AI arms race, we're telling builders to build elsewhere. We need American Little Tech to win—not $100K toll booths.
They need to PUT THIS IN WRITING. Because right now it's anonymous officials versus the actual words in the actual ban on entry that the President signed.
Senior White House official tells me “If you are visiting, leaving out of the country or visiting India, they don't need to rush back before Sunday or pay the $100,000 fee. $100,000 is only for new and not current existing it would be holders.”
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.
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
This regime lies about everything all the time. The black letter wording of the proclamation relates to all H1B entries. They could've been more precise, but they're all nitwits and terrible writers. So I can't advise without proof of what the rumors are. Simple as that. [em…