"President Trump just made it a lot more expensive for companies to hire foreign workers through the H-1B program. The White House announced Friday that Trump signed a proclamation requiring employers to pay a hefty $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications, an enormous jump from the current $215 lottery registration fee. H-1B visas allow U.S. companies to hire foreign workers in fields that that typically require technical expertise like IT, engineering, mathematics, or medicine."
"In fact, Musk, taking issue with a perceived critic of the H-1B program in December on his platform X, tweeted to the individual that, "The reason I'm in America along with so many critical people who built SpaceX, Tesla and hundreds of other companies that made America strong is because of H1B. Take a big step back and F*** YOURSELF in the face. I will go to war on this issue the likes of which you cannot possibly comprehend.""
"The program is capped at 65,000 new visas annually, plus an additional 20,000 for foreign graduates with advanced degrees from U.S. universities. The visas are awarded through a lottery system and typically last three years, though holders can extend them or apply for green cards. The administration's new move is designed to crack down on what it calls widespread abuse of the program, which it blames for displacing American workers."
The administration signed a proclamation requiring employers to pay $100,000 for new H-1B visa applications, up from a $215 lottery registration fee. H-1B visas allow U.S. companies to hire foreign workers in technical fields such as IT, engineering, mathematics, and medicine. The program is capped at 65,000 new visas annually plus 20,000 for advanced-degree U.S. graduates and uses a lottery system; visas typically last three years and can lead to extensions or green cards. The change is presented as a crackdown on program abuse to protect American workers amid a rising H-1B share in IT and elevated recent graduate unemployment. Major tech firms and beneficiaries of the program are expected to oppose the policy.
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