H1B application fees now cost $100k
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Anonymous
Well…the billionaire would have to renounce their citizenship because the US taxes you no matter where you live. Some may do that, but it’s a massive step. Folks…even if the H1 was free, it’s always been much cheaper to keep labor in their own country and pay significantly lower wages. What this does is discourages people here for college to take their skills back home because they can’t get a job on graduation. For doctors…something is wrong with our supply chain. All the med schools are 100% filled with mainly Americans yet I guess we don’t have enough doctors….or is it we don’t have enough doctors in certain specialties and too many in others? |
Anonymous
Doesn't $100K fee apply to H1B renewal too? |
Anonymous
This isn't increasing the price of labor. It's equalizing the cheap the labor that greedy corporations have been using. It's not good for any worker, from the ones it exploits to the ones it marginalizes. |
Anonymous
That’s not what the proclamation says. It specifically says that H1Bs that haven’t paid the fee cannot enter the US starting today. If you are already here, then I suppose you can stay until you renew but you cannot leave the country or you won’t be let back in. |
Anonymous
Js are for residents and fellows only. |
Anonymous
| Fantastic. I was once on H1B visa but got laid off and replaced by another H1B from Indian. Indian H1B visa holders have gotten so f**g arrogant because they simply dominate the market. Americans are qualified to do 100% of the jobs held by H1B visa holders. |
Anonymous
Given your contempt for the HIB program, I take it you voluntarily left the US at some point and returned to your country of origin thereby freeing up a job for an American citizen? |
Anonymous
| Rare W from Trump. |
Anonymous
According to my research, foreign physicians fill the following gaps: 1) Primary care shortages: Foreign physicians are 5-9 times more likely than U.S. graduates to enter primary care, addressing the projected deficit of over 55,000 primary care doctors by 2033, which U.S. citizens often avoid due to lower pay and demanding workloads. 2) Rural and underserved community gaps: Foreign doctors s are more inclined to practice in rural or Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), where over 20 million Americans live with limited access; U.S. doctors typically prefer urban settings. 3) Unfilled residency slots in critical specialties: International medical graduates fill over 6,600 residency positions annually (highest on record in 2025), particularly in internal medicine and hospital-based roles like inpatient care and emergency rooms, where U.S. applicants do not match all available spots. |
Anonymous
| Ashburn real estate is getting ready to tank. Does this impact current H1B visa holders? |
Anonymous
| Indian companies in the U.S. are absolutely panicked. Because they do bring H1Bs that they pay less, much less, they will go offshore, and good for them, get out. |
Anonymous
Yes, once they leave, they will put travel bans on employees. But, this is good news for our country. |
Anonymous
You are so brilliant you can build a number of F500 business in India. |
Anonymous
To be fair, the private schools in India are much better than even US private schools. No teaching to the lowest common denominator equity BS, and the familirs are invested because they view it as their ticket out of poverty. |
Anonymous
| It says they can't enter the country unless $100k is paid. That might just apply to people applying for h1b while outside the US and those who need to leave the US to get their h1b at a consulate. But it's written so vaguely that any h1b employee in the US might get blocked from re-entry if they take a cruise, drive across the border, or otherwise travel outside the US. You typically get an h1b visa for 3 years but the $100k is an annual fee so they might not be able to travel in a year where their employer doesn't pay $100k. |