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- President Donald Trump extended an existing $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications for another year, citing a significant reduction in registrations by IT outsourcing firms.
- A new executive order also mandates increased inter-agency scrutiny of applications, particularly for companies that have recently laid off American workers.
- This policy aims to prioritize highly-skilled foreign labor while protecting domestic workers from displacement.
What to watch next
- Outcome of the two active federal court legal challenges to the fee.
- Results of the Department of Labour review into previous labour condition applications.
- Impact of new inter-agency scrutiny protocols on H-1B application approval rates.
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Donald Trump
President of the United States
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“An extension of the 2025 Proclamation will continue to protect the economic and national security interests of the United States, improve labour market access for American workers and graduates, and ensure that employers recruit only the most highly-skilled and essential alien workers when needed in line with the original intent of the program”
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…the White House said. In a presidential proclamation issued on Friday, Trump said the 2025 decision to impose a $1,00,000 fee has led to a 92 per cent decrease in H-1B registrations by large IT outsourcing firms. “ An extension of the 2025 Proclamation will continue to protect the economic and national security interests of the United States, improve labour market access for American workers and graduates, and ensure that employers recruit only the most highly-skilled and essential alien workers when needed in line with the original intent of the program ,” Trump said. Indians remain the single largest beneficiary group of the US H-1B visa program. The 2025 decision to levy the $1,00,000 fee has run into a legal challenge and the matter is before two different federal…
“Instead, the program has been widely abused by certain employers, third-party placement groups, and outsourcing firms to undercut and displace the supply of skilled United States labour”
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…nonimmigrant visa program was created to identify uniquely skilled and highly specialised foreign temporary workers to strategically supplement the United States economy, the US President said in the executive order. “ Instead, the program has been widely abused by certain employers, third-party placement groups, and outsourcing firms to undercut and displace the supply of skilled United States labour ,” Trump said. Published on September 19, 2026…
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