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Re:US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 nations, S... by Maxatar on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @04:39PM (#46623951)
How so? In September he added a requirement that any future H1B visas from people abroad will require an unprecedented $100,000 payment.
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Re:US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 nations, S... by nomel on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @07:25PM (#46626114)
I saw that many welcomed this, since it will help stop the visa mills, and push towards importing higher talent, rather than local-offshoring. What's your opinion on these two?
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Re:US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 nations, S... by SanjayMehta on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @08:36PM (#46626762)
It's increasing the offshore-offshoring in the form of GCCs ("Global Capability Centres").

Interestingly, thanks to Covid practices, real estate demand hasn't gone up as the GCCs are just mandating 2-3 days WFH, especially in chip design.

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Re:US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 nations, S... by ReflectedImage on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @04:47PM (#46624095)
Well either $100,000 per person or an large one time direct donation to Trump to be legally exempted from that charge.
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Re:US to suspend immigrant visa processing for 75 nations, S... by plagiarist on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @07:16PM (#46626035)
I'm looking forward to the Trump brand visa and pardon combo packs.
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