$100K fee added to H1B applications

Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by nimih on Friday September 19, 2025 @09:48PM (#45309277)

You may want to read the section on enforcement:

> Section 1. Restriction on Entry. (a) Pursuant to sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), the entry into the United States of aliens as nonimmigrants to perform services in a specialty occupation under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), is restricted, except for those aliens whose petitions are accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000 — subject to the exceptions set forth in subsection (c) of this section. This restriction shall expire, absent extension, 12 months after the effective date of this proclamation, which shall be 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 21, 2025.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by bolasanibk on Saturday September 20, 2025 @12:05AM (#45310270)

Any idea what is considered a petition? New h1b? Transfer? Extension?

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by nimih on Saturday September 20, 2025 @11:36AM (#45314260)

It's the thing you do to apply for the visa. You may worry that, because there is no language in this section specifying which visas this travel restriction applies to (newly issued/renewed, etc), and because of the inclusion of the word "supplemented," that this travel restriction applies broadly to all issued H1-B visas. And, well, the immigration lawyers at Microsoft[1] seem to share that worry.

[1] https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nri/work/microsoft-urge...

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by aesbetic on Friday September 19, 2025 @11:18PM (#45310003)

I don't see your point, the section describes a restriction on "entry into the United States". Most H1b visa holders are already in the US so this doesn't apply to them.

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Re:$100K fee added to H1B applications by bpye on Saturday September 20, 2025 @12:07AM (#45310277)

Except lots of people travel outside of the US for tourism, business, to see family, due to family emergencies, or - critically for H1Bs - to renew their visa.

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