Hiring H-1B visa workers may cost $100K more with Trump's latest executive order

"The order includes raising the H1-B application fee to $100,000. It's unclear if that fee would replace or add to the existing fees, which are significantly lower. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, who spoke alongside Trump in the Oval Office, said it would be a yearly fee for companies that hire H1-B workers. Officials said the fee would help ensure the visa is used to bring in workers who are actually very highly skilled and not to replace American workers."

""Either the person is very valuable to the company and America, or they're going to depart and the company is going to hire an American," Lutnick said, adding the changes would encourage companies to train Americans instead of bringing in foreign workers. He said the fee would apply to new visas as well as renewals. Some of the top tech companies sponsoring H1-B visas include Amazon, Microsoft, Google's parent company, Alphabet, Meta, and Apple."

President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the H-1B visa program and raising the H-1B application fee to $100,000. Officials have not clarified whether the new fee would replace or be assessed in addition to existing, lower fees. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said the fee would be charged yearly to companies that hire H-1B workers and applied to new visas and renewals. Officials said the fee is intended to ensure the visa brings very highly skilled workers rather than to replace American employees and to encourage companies to train American workers. Major tech firms commonly sponsor H-1B visas.

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