"We had an employee who's been approved for H-1B, but he's abroad, so we were very scared for him,"
"He was supposed to fly in, and we said, 'Let's pause everything, let's get more clarification.'"
"The concern with all these policies being rolled out fairly haphazardly is that people don't have the certainty needed to make a significant investment,"
"For Apple, Microsoft, or Google, $100,000 is peanuts,"
A $100,000 H-1B fee increase and a proposed rule to allocate visas by skill level and wages have disrupted hiring decisions at many US startups. The sudden policy changes created uncertainty for individual employees abroad and prompted some companies to pause relocations and hiring while seeking clarification. Startups fear that wage-based selection will advantage large, deep-pocketed tech firms that secure far more H-1Bs, making competition for international talent harder for smaller companies. Venture firms report founders hesitating to make hiring commitments amid legal and regulatory ambiguity. The policies could be challenged in court, but immediate effects are causing hiring freezes and strategic reassessments.
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