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Trump extends $100,000 H-1B fee through 2027
The Indian Express··19 Sept
US President Donald Trump extended for another year a $100,000 payment requirement for certain new H-1B workers seeking to enter the United States. The measure stays in effect until September 21, 2027. Indian-born beneficiaries accounted for 71 percent of approved H-1B petitions in fiscal 2024, USCIS data show. Legal challenges to the fee continue in court.
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What It Means For You
- Employers petitioning for certain new H-1B entrants from outside the US still face the $100,000 payment.
- Foreign students already in the US changing to H-1B, and renewals, are outside the stated target.
- Indian professionals remain the largest country-of-birth group among approved petitions.
What's Happening
- The restriction was first imposed in September 2025 and has now been prolonged by proclamation.
- A Massachusetts federal judge vacated the fee in June; the First Circuit declined to pause that ruling pending appeal.
- Trump also signed an order directing agencies to weigh recent US worker layoffs when reviewing H-1B applications.
Who Pays And Who Does Not
- The administration says the fee targets abuse in IT staffing and outsourcing hiring.
- The DHS secretary can exempt workers, firms or industries deemed in the US national interest.
- Hindustan Times said more than 700 petitions had made the $100,000 payment since September 21, 2025.
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