US President Donald Trump signed a announcement for H-1B visas for H-1B visas for $ 100,000 for highly qualified foreign workers and introduced a “gold card” of $ 1 million, offering many individuals to American citizenship.
Why did Trump impose an annual visa fee of $ 100,000?
US Secretary of Trade Howard Lutnick praised recent changes in Trump’s administration in visa programs and claimed that new policies will provide foreign workers to provide a “significant advantage” to the US
He noted that reforms would end practices where foreign workers “take employment from hardworking Americans” and use the economy without meaningfully contributing.
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Lutnick said that the change would probably result in much less H-1B visa than 85,000 annual ceilings, because “it’s just no longer economical.”
“If you are going to train people, you will train Americans,” Lutnick said on a conference call with reporters. “If you have a very sophisticated engineer and want to bring them in … Then you can pay $ 100,000 per year for your H-1B visa.”
What will be the impact?
Although Trump insisted that the technology industry would support these changes, the Minister of Commerce Howard Lutnick claims that “all large companies” are in favor of resisting legal controls, they will result in an “increase in dramatic fee”.
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The cost of visa for qualified workers would increase from $ 215, while the investor visa fees could increase from $ 10,000 to $ 20,000 a year. The key goal is H-1B visas, which are used for highly qualified roles in industries such as tech. Critics claim that the program allows foreign workers willing to receive lower wages – sometimes up to $ 60,000 – along with American technology workers who usually earn $ 100,000 or more.
However, these steps are likely to face significant legal challenges, with critics accusing Trump for circumvention of congress.
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Critics of H-1B visa, who claim to replace US workers, applauded Trump’s move, and the attorney group of American technicians called American technicians called the “other best thing” to complete the visa complete.
However, Doug Rand, a former higher official of American civil and immigration services within Biden Administration, described the proposed increase in fees as “ridiculously illegal”, as stated by AP.
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“It is not a real policy – it is a fan service for immigration restricists,” Rand said. “Trump gets subtitles and causes panic and doesn’t care if it will survive the first contact with the courts.”
Lutnick said that H-1B fees and a gold card could introduce the president, but the platinum card requires the approval of the congress.
Why strike H-1B visa?
Historically, the H-1B visa was distributed through a lottery system, led by Amazon this year a path that received over 10,000 visas, followed by companies such as Tata Consultancy, Microsoft, Apple and Google. California has the highest concentration of H-1B staff.
Critics claim that H-1B visas often go to the occupation of positions at a basic level rather than specialized, higher roles with unique skill requirements. Although the program is designed to prevent the underlying of US wages or relocate US workers, critics claim that companies can classify lower skill jobs to pay less to foreign workers, even if these workers have more experience.
As a result, many US companies outsource help, programming and other basic tasks for consulting companies such as Wipro, Infosys, HCl Technologies, Tata, IBM and Cognizant.
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These companies hire foreign workers, mostly from India, and subcontractors are employers who seek to reduce costs.
In October 1996, the first lady of Melania Trump, former Melania Knauss, won a H-1B work visa to work as a model. She was born in Slovenia.
If you are going to train people, you will train Americans.
In 2024, the lotteries for visas were almost 40%, which the authorities stated that it was caused by success against people who “played the system” by submitting more, sometimes dubious applications to unfairly increase the chances of choice.
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This is not a real policy – it is a fan service for immigration restricists.
Critics welcomed this change, but he said more. AFL-Cio wrote last year that while the changes in the lottery “included some steps in the right direction” did not achieve the necessary reforms. The work group wants a visa awarded to companies that pay the highest wages instead of a random lottery, a change that Trump was looking for during the first term at the White House.
(With Associated Press inputs)
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