H1B application fees now cost $100k

[Anonymous]

Trump just signed an executive order raising the price of a H1b application to $100,000. Wow.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that will add a $100,000 (£74,000) fee for applicants to the H-1B visa programme for skilled foreign workers.

The proclamation mentions "abuse" of the programme and will restrict entry unless payment is made.

Critics have long argued that H-1Bs undercut the American workforce, while supporters - including billionaire Elon Musk - argue it allows the US to attract top talent from around the world.

[Anonymous]

Good.

[Anonymous]

That's $100000 per year.

Take that, Elon.

[Anonymous]

The value of a CS degree just went up.

[Anonymous]

Superb. Credit where credit is due.

[Anonymous]

Hooray! I’ve been competing with H1Bs and back office IT shops in India since mid-1990s, most of my IT career.

As an IT manager at a Fortune 100 company, I refused to hire them or staff back office teams so I eventually lost my job (obviously someone several levels above me was getting kickbacks).

[Anonymous]

It’s terrible. If you were born American, with all the privileges that comes with that lottery win, and you STILL can’t compete with people who grew up in war zones, or with food/water/medicine shortages, and who aced their SATs/MCATs/GREs in a SECOND, non-native language, what does that say about you?!
We shouldn’t artificially be propping up mediocrity, while brilliant foreigners go to the rest of the developed world and bring their skills and intellect elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s terrible. If you were born American, with all the privileges that comes with that lottery win, and you STILL can’t compete with people who grew up in war zones, or with food/water/medicine shortages, and who aced their SATs/MCATs/GREs in a SECOND, non-native language, what does that say about you?!
We shouldn’t artificially be propping up mediocrity, while brilliant foreigners go to the rest of the developed world and bring their skills and intellect elsewhere.

It's about cheap labor not brilliance. This is America and it's all about the dollars. The labor from poor countries is cheaper.

[Anonymous]

I have worked with some really dumb HB1 imports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s terrible. If you were born American, with all the privileges that comes with that lottery win, and you STILL can’t compete with people who grew up in war zones, or with food/water/medicine shortages, and who aced their SATs/MCATs/GREs in a SECOND, non-native language, what does that say about you?!
We shouldn’t artificially be propping up mediocrity, while brilliant foreigners go to the rest of the developed world and bring their skills and intellect elsewhere.

It's about cheap labor not brilliance. This is America and it's all about the dollars. The labor from poor countries is cheaper.

This. In the 90s-2010ish there was a shortage of tech talent. The number of STEM, particularly CS , US citizens being pumped out of US colleges was much lower than industry required. Now, schools are packed with STEM majors who are graduating and not finding employment.

Tech companies loved H1Bs because they are so dependent on keeping employment with the company sponsoring them. In boom times, tech companies play a hire to fire game to keep talent away from their competitors. Tech workers hopped around getting higher and higher offers. H1Bs can’t play this game.

[Anonymous]

they are just going to sent low tech jobs offshore or use AI.

For high tech jobs, companies will pay the price.

Good.

[Anonymous]

Excellent news! While there are a few real experts in the U.S. on H1B visas, the rest are scammers, liars, and abusers of the system. People are opening fake businesses and selling fake H1B visas; this has to stop.

[Anonymous]

Wonder how it will impact his businesses? Tech will just have their staff work in other countries as it’s cheaper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:they are just going to sent low tech jobs offshore or use AI.

For high tech jobs, companies will pay the price.

Good.

No, they will just take the jobs to other countries.

[Anonymous]

H1B guy will be thrilled!