Video: Trump raises H-1B visa application fee to $100,000
US President Donald Trump
Abdullateef Fowewe
President Donald Trump has issued a proclamation increasing the application fee for H-1B visas to $100,000.
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During the signing in the Oval Office on Friday, Trump stated that the decision aims to guarantee that individuals entering the country are “actually very highly skilled” and do not take jobs away from American workers. “We need workers. We need great workers, and this essentially ensures that will happen,” he remarked.
Will Scharf, the White House staff secretary, pointed out that the H-1B non-immigrant visa program is one of the “most abused visa” systems within the current immigration framework.
“We need workers. We need great workers, and this pretty much ensures that that’s what’s going to happen,” he said.
White House staff secretary Will Scharf said the H1B non-immigrant visa programis one of the “most abused visa” systems in the country’s current immigration system.
“What this proclamation will do is raise the fee that companies pay to sponsor H-1B applicants to $100,000. This will ensure that the people they’re bringing in are actually very highly skilled and that they’re not replaceable by American workers,” he said.
