Trump administration proposes $103,000 fee for skilled worker visas

A new proposal would charge employers $US103,265 for H-1B visas and attempt to make permanent a temporary rule challenged by the US courts.

President Donald Trump's administration on Monday released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented fee of more than $100,000 on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, a measure that has been blocked by the courts.

The Department of Homeland Security proposed making the $103,265 H-1B visa fee permanent after a federal judge blocked the temporary charge.

The proposal comes after the Trump administration ran into legal challenges in its attempt to attach a similar fee to the H-1B visa last year.

US President Donald Trump's administration has proposed a fee of more than $103,000 on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers, a government notice on the Federal Register showed Monday. The Department of Homeland Security proposed a $103,265 fee for the H-1B visa program, designed for skilled professionals i

President Donald Trump's administration on Monday released a proposed regulation ​to codify an unprecedented fee of more than US$100,000 on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers that has been blocked ‌by the courts.

Trump administration proposes $103,000 fee for H-1B visas  CNN

The proposal by DHS comes just an earlier $100,000 H-1B visa fee — which was announced by Donald Trump as a presidential proclamation in September 2025 and subsequently halted by a US court in June this year — is set to expire on Sept 21

The Trump administration is seeking to charge employers a $103,265 fee for hiring skilled foreign workers through the H-1B program, after a similar effort was rejected by courts last year. The move was announced in a proposed regulation posted on Monday, the Washington Post reported. Last year’s fee was imposed through

The administration estimates the new proposed regulation would generate an estimated $8.8 billion annually. Revenue would be used to run the immigration system.

US President Donald Trump's administration on Monday moved to impose a more than $100,000 fee on employers hiring foreign workers through a highly-skilled visa program, after facing a legal setback in an earlier effort.

Government Proposes New Six-Figure Fee for H1-B Visas  WSJ

Trump administration moves to impose more than $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas  Dawn

Trump administration moves to impose more than $100,000 fee for H-1B worker visas  Reuters

The Trump administration wants employers to pay a new $103,265 H-1B fee, separate from a contested $100,000 charge.

Proposed US$103,265 fee by DHS, posted online in the Federal Register on Monday to be formally published on Tuesday, kicks off a 30-day public comment period

Aug 24 - President Donald Trump's administration on Monday released a proposed regulation to codify an unprecedented more than $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers that Trump first imposed last year but has been blocked by the courts.