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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by hx8 on Friday September 19, 2025 @09:13PM (#45308830)
> This is a de facto shutdown of the program

No, this is just another tariff. If it costs $200k/yr to employee an H1B Software Engineer, and you expect them to work for you for 3 years, it raises the cost of employment from $200k/yr to $233k/yr. It'll discourage people from applying on the margins, which will bring the application rate down and acceptance rate up.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by dbmnt on Friday September 19, 2025 @10:34PM (#45309704)
It's an annual fee. It would raise the cost to $300k/yr.

https://apnews.com/article/h1b-visa-trump-immigration-8d3969...

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by alecst on Friday September 19, 2025 @09:40PM (#45309171)
AP is reporting that It's $100k/yr. So it wouldn't amortize like that.
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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by cerved on Saturday September 20, 2025 @07:22PM (#45318513)
It's not a tariff
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