Why is it “Trump” specifically ? Is there no government anymore ?
Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
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Re: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says
#292Sorry, is this legal? Like is the fee something that can be changed with an EO, or is it set by congress? The original Bloomberg article doesn't state: https://archive.is/tpuut Some research (okay, okay, I used Claude) indicates that "In summary, while Congress provides the statutory authority and mandates certain specific fees, the specific amounts for most H1B fees are set through the regulatory process by DHS/USCI…
yes it's legal. New admin is doing more background, investigations and immigration enforcement, which costs more. Taxes and fees are the price you pay for civilization!
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#293> H-1B visas are already costly to obtain, ranging from about $1,700 to $4,500 oof, that's a big price increase.
My one concern is that the salary discrepancy minus the $100k might still be worth it for FAANG specifically.
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#294This will end what is essentially legal human trafficking by medium and large corporations. Which is clearly a good thing, but I fear it signals deteriorating relationships with other countries.
Do other countries really want the US taking their top talent? I am not sure this is bad for foreign relations.
Legal human trafficking was good for capitalism (not for the trafficked or for US workers). Good for the capitalists' economy.
This just made it a little bit harder for american capitalists. No doubt there are nationalist concerns but also national security concerns behind this decision.
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#295One thing that really pisses me off about the whole populist anti-immigration stance is how thankless, hypocritical and selfish the whole thing is: People want to avoid negative effects from immigration (cultural/language/crimerate)- fine. But are those people acknowledging how much economical growth was driven by migrant labor over the last half century? Hell no. Would the average alt-righter be willing to sacrifice…
This is an oversimplification and a pretty extreme case of over-categorizing people into groups. People who have problems with immigration aren't automatically alt-right. People who have problems with immigration understand that immigration has also historically provided economic growth - those aren't mutually exclusive things.
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#296Interesting decision. I'm on the F1 -> H1B pipeline myself as a software engineer. And my wife is a researcher working on Genetic Engineering. Of the both of us, I've been the strong proponent for moving the US. and with each passing day, its getting harder to make a strong case for the pain, and uncertainty of moving here. Lately everything has been counter to what one would expect from a pro-growth, accelerationist…
if you are exceptional, there is always the O-1 visa
The H1B really should have just been an O-1 from the beginning. Being a software or genetics engineer isn't really that interesting, we literally have millions of software engineers, and more genetics engineers than we have good jobs. If someone is truly exceptional than they deserve an O-1, and if you truly can't find any engineers in the US at your salary then maybe you should move overseas.
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#297I think there’s plenty of interesting debates to be had about immigration policy and its effects on the labor market, but one thing worth noting here is that the primary problem that damn near every other country on earth has isn’t immigration, it’s brain drain. A core strategic strength of the US over the last century has been that everyone with any talent wants to come here to work, and by and large we’ve let them…
O-1 visas are for people with exceptional skill.
H1B visa is just a rank and file worker with a certain skill.
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#298Instead of a flat fee, they should just auction off the visas, highest salaries win. This has been proposed before and I don't really see any downsides. If your company really needs them, just pay them what they're actually worth.
I like the idea of an auction, but why would we not charge a significant application fee? It ensures the company is serious about the position, and it raises money citizens won't have to pay. A high fee/tax seems like a win-win
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#299Earlier quoted context omitted.
One man's rising gas prices are another man's oil industry boom. The H1B process is unfair to engineers because it drives down their compensation in a way that doesn't affect nurses or welders. If immigration were completely irrespective of profession and based solely around whether the imported laborers get paid enough to contribute more than they receive in taxes/public services, nobody would have any standing to c…
Software developer salaries are still extremely high in the US. So I would doubt that this has had a huge effect.
I'm writing this reply not to the lazy commenter, but to anyone reading this thread...
Yet again, we have classic HN speculation masquerading as authority.
Should software developer salaries be comparable to accountants or to surgeons? That's an arbitrary value judgment.
Software engineers have less purchasing power than they would without the H-1B visa program, and that's indisputable. 64% of the visas go to IT workers and 52% go specifically to programmers, which implies beyond all shadow of a doubt that their salaries decrease further than the cost of the goods and services they pay for.
https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/reports/o...
It's all there, black and white, clear as crystal. You get nothing. You lose. Good day, sir!
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#300I think this is great news for countries like Canada and UK.
Oh no, Canada, don't take my low-paid, equally-skilled and desperate-to-stay-at-one-company competition from me! /s