$100K fee added to H1B applications

Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by Calc13 on Friday September 19, 2025 @05:02PM (#45306548)

Agreed, however the top end usually comes to US to do masters and then tries to get job using H1B. If this is where to be instated in this form, it almost precludes any fresh college graduates from getting a shot at this.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by aianus on Friday September 19, 2025 @05:15PM (#45306708)

$100k signing bonus and $150k salary was normal for fresh grads back in 2014, pretty sure big tech can afford this no problem for actual talent.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by whatever1 on Friday September 19, 2025 @05:40PM (#45306984)

The big tech companies have the financial means to invest in anything. They are essentially printing money.

However, which startup can afford an additional cost of 100,000 dollars for a fresh PhD graduate who is essential for their niche?

The true economic benefit of the H1B visa program for the US economy lies in the long tail of smaller firms that require a limited number of specialized personnel, which, by definition, is scarce.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by trollbridge on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:02PM (#45307239)

A PhD holder should be coming in under O-1.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by whatever1 on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:04PM (#45307268)

A PhD comes as a student with F1 student visa that expires the day of their graduation.

O1 is unlikely to be granted to a student who has not graduated yet. What are they going to show for evidence? Manuscripts in preparation? Or class grades?

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by bigfatkitten on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:25PM (#45307473)

How many businesses have ever found a fresh graduate to be provably essential?

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by whatever1 on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:32PM (#45307530)

Name one person who is provably essential to a company.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by tester756 on Friday September 19, 2025 @07:55PM (#45308242)

Jensen Huang

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by whatever1 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @02:21AM (#45310936)

Nvidia will continue to exist even if JH disappears today.

All companies of that size have succession plans. See Apple and Alibaba.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by bigfatkitten on Friday September 19, 2025 @06:51PM (#45307698)

That’s my point. The problem you’ve raised doesn’t really exist.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by whatever1 on Friday September 19, 2025 @07:00PM (#45307783)

:facepalm:

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by stale2002 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @02:46AM (#45311045)

> What are they going to show for evidence?

I guess they wouldn't have much to show for evidence. Which is exactly why they would be correctly classified as not being a specialist, and therefore undeserving on an O-1 visa.

These visas are not meant to allow company to hire underpaid employees that quite literally just graduated.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by whatever1 on Saturday September 20, 2025 @06:24AM (#45312037)

A company conducts a technical interview to assess a candidate. Their public record is not their only criterion of hiring. USCIS relies exclusively on public record (and maybe recommendation letters)

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by laidoffamazon on Saturday September 20, 2025 @01:38AM (#45310710)

> $100k signing bonus and $150k salary was normal for fresh grads back in 2014

No it was not

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