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Re: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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Post by sul_tasto » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:16 AM UTC

bettercallsalad wrote: post #194

> India was the largest beneficiary of H-1B visas last year, accounting for 71% of approved beneficiaries Having worked with the recent generation of Indians, I can safely say this can be a good thing. Baseline morality and work ethics for many (not all, but many) in the recent generation of Indians are so low. It’s a generational shift that I can tell. Get rich quick, wannabe try too hard to fit in and have fun with…

Relations between the US and India have been strained recently because India refuses to implement sanctions on Russia for the war in Ukraine. I wonder if there is a geopolitical motive behind the timing of this decision.

Re: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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Post by yalogin » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:16 AM UTC

rideontime wrote: post #525

Bit ridiculous that this article leaves as a footnote that this rule change is illegal and likely to be struck down by the first lawsuit.

Interesting. Does this also require a law to be passed?

Re: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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Post by lttlrck » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:16 AM UTC

osnium123 wrote: post #511

Won’t this mean that companies will move jobs to India, China or even Canada?

Of course it depends on the nature of the business but push that too far and you can lock yourself out of projects that require work to be performed on US soil.

I work for a very small company and we've seen by that stipulation a couple of times on anything _remotely_ close to defense/MIC/security.

And the administration can tighten those screws further if it desires.

(I am the only H1B in the history of the company, now a citizen. It would have been impossible to have taken this path with this alleged financial burden)

Re: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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Post by softwaredoug » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:17 AM UTC

IMO I think we need to fast-track H1Bs -> Green Card -> Citizens. Make skilled immigration easier, not harder.

Otherwise, if its too onerous, we're just training another countries workforce.

Re: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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Post by sigwinch » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:17 AM UTC

mister_mort wrote: post #27

If this is truly per application, the companies that try to boost their chances with the lottery by creating multiple applications for the same person are going to get hit hard . Phantom companies that only exist on paper so people can tweak the probabilities are now liabilities. We'll see a rebalancing for sure.

It’s per-year.

Re: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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Post by tenpies » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:17 AM UTC

The Executive Order has now been published:

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/rest...

If you don't want to read the pre-amble, you can skip straight to the second "Accordingly" to see the details.

Re: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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Post by decremental » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:17 AM UTC

djohnston wrote: post #544

bhouston wrote: post #531

This is actually smart. Many H1B visas are used to undermine fair labor wages for already local talent. We should ensure that H1B visas are for actual unique talent and not just to undercut local wages. H1B is ripe with abuse - this article by Bloomberg says that half of all H1-B visas are used by Indian staffing firms that pay significantly lower than the US laborers they are replacing: - https://www.bloomberg.com/g…

The only way to do that (and preserve H1B) is to entirely disconnect the subcontinent from the application process. Their top companies exist only to scam immigration programs around the world, it is their raison d'être.

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Re: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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Post by herval » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:17 AM UTC

osnium123 wrote: post #511

Won’t this mean that companies will move jobs to India, China or even Canada?

Brazil and Canada will absorb a lot of big tech headcount. Google et al are already moving lots of headcount to both countries. This will accelerate it, even if it’s struck down

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Post by WorkerBee28474 » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:17 AM UTC

tomrod wrote: post #524

What a shame. We face a mounting demographic crisis from low birth rates already, mostly from economic pressures and lack of personal decisions in healthcare for women. So many wrong directions.

> ...mostly from economic pressures and lack of personal decisions in healthcare for women

I've got some bad news for you about, well, pretty much all of human history...

Re: Trump to impose $100k fee for H-1B worker visas, White House says

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Post by sudditer » Sat, Sep 20, 2025, 1:17 AM UTC

tomrod wrote: post #524

What a shame. We face a mounting demographic crisis from low birth rates already, mostly from economic pressures and lack of personal decisions in healthcare for women. So many wrong directions.

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