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

Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri, from the development of Aug 24, 2026

Newest development Aug 25, 2026 · 3 reportsTrump officials propose charging more than $100,000 for skilled worker visas

By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration announced plans to add a $103,265 fee for H-1B visas, months after a federal judge voided the US government’s previous attempt to require a $100,000 application fee.

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  1. Names this update

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

    Headline from ABC 17 Mid-Missouri ·

  2. DHS Proposes $100,00 Fee for H-1B Visa Petitions

    Headline from American Greatness ·

  3. Newest

    Trump officials propose charging more than $100,000 for skilled worker visas

    Headline from West Hawaii Today ·

3 reports not tied to one development ·

Reports & sources

31 articles, oldest first.

  1. Just the News

    Trump administration proposes $100,000 fee on H-1B visa workers already residing in the US (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    The draft rule the agency published Monday would apply to individuals hired within the U.S., Bloomberg reported, and it would be added to all petitions for H-1B workers.

  2. Just the News

    Trump admin proposes increase to H-1B visa application fee (opens Just the News)

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    Just the News's feed description

    The H-1B visa program is intended to import skilled foreign workers when Americans are unavailable to fill a position.

  3. Newsweek

    H-1B Visa Update: Trump administration Proposes $103,265 Fee (opens Newsweek)

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    Newsweek's feed description

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

  4. Breitbart News

    Feds Announce $103,265 Fee for Each New H-1B Visa (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    The federal government has announced a $103,265 fee for each of the 85,000 H-1B workers annually imported by companies, prompting an uproar in India.

  5. The New Republic

    Trump Wants H-1B Recipients to Pay Through the Nose (opens The New Republic)

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    The New Republic's feed description

    Donald Trump’s administration has a new plan to turn the U.S. immigration system into a moneymaking scheme, ensuring that legal pathways to citizenship are out of reach for low-income immigrants. The Department of Homeland Security proposed a new rule Monday that would establish a $103,265 fee for i…

  6. UPI

    Trump administration pitches $103,265 fee for H-1B visas (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    The Trump administration proposed a new rule on Monday to charge employers a $103,265 fee for hiring workers through the H-1B visa program.

  7. Al Jazeera

    Trump administration seeks to formalise H-1B fee of more than $100,000 (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    New proposal would charge $103,265 for the US's H-1B visas, and make permanent a temporary rule challenged by courts.

  8. The Hill

    Trump administration lays out new $103K fee proposal for H-1B visas (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new proposed rule for H-1B visas on Monday that would charge a $103,265 fee for all workers seeking to gain employment in the U.S. subject to the annual statutory cap.

  9. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Trump administration proposes $103,000 fee for H-1B visas after legal setback (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

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

  10. News Nation Now

    Trump administration seeks $103K application fee for HB-1B visas (opens News Nation Now)

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    News Nation Now's feed description

    The fees are expected to generate $8.8 billion in revenue to recoup funds spent on administering lawful immigration

  11. Washington Examiner

    Trump administration proposes $103,000 H-1B visa fee (opens Washington Examiner)

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    Washington Examiner's feed description

    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.

  12. The Hill

    Trump administration proposes new H-1B visa fee (opens The Hill)

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    The Hill's feed description

    {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Trump administration lays out new $103K fee proposal for H-1B visas The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a new proposed rule for H-1B visas on Monday that would charge a $103,265 fee for all workers seeking to gain employment in the U.S.

  13. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Trump administration proposes $103,000 fee for H-1B visas (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    By Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration announced plans to add a $103,265 fee for H-1B visas, months after a federal judge voided the US government’s previous attempt to require a $100,000 application fee.

  14. Breitbart News

    JD Vance Backs $103,265 Fee for Every New H-1B Visa (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    "If an American corporation needs workers, it should hire and train Americans," Vice President JD Vance posted shortly after agency officials announced plans to charge $103,265 for every new H-1B contract worker who is imported by U.S. companies.

  15. Fox News

    Trump administration proposes six-figure price tag for new H-1B visas (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

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

  16. Insider

    JD Vance backs proposed new H-1B fee: Companies should ‘hire and train Americans’ (opens Insider)

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    Insider's feed description

    The DHS proposed a $103,265 fee for all new H-1B applications, less than three months after its initial plan to impose a $100,000 fee was struck down.

  17. American Greatness

    DHS Proposes $100,00 Fee for H-1B Visa Petitions (opens American Greatness)

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    American Greatness's feed description

    The Department of Homeland Security is proposing a $103,265 fee on certain H-1B visa petitions, raising the cost for employers seeking to hire foreign workers […] Source

  18. West Hawaii Today

    Trump officials propose charging more than $100,000 for skilled worker visas (opens West Hawaii Today)

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    West Hawaii Today's feed description

    WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday proposed charging a new steep fee for visas granted to skilled foreign workers, in the latest attempt to fundamentally overhaul the H-1B visa program.

  19. Revolver News

  20. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Plan aims to set new fee on foreign workers visa (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    WASHINGTON -- A federal court struck down the Trump administration's attempt to put a $100,000 fee on visas for some highly skilled foreign workers in June. Now the administration is trying again -- this time through a regulatory process that proposes a broader levy to help finance its wide-ranging …

  21. GOP Daily Brief

    Trump Administration Proposes $103,265 Fee on All Cap-Subject H-1B Visas to Fund Immigration System (opens GOP Daily Brief)

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    GOP Daily Brief's feed description

    For years, American workers have watched a rigged game play out without anyone bothering to hide it. Corporations post job listings with absurd requirements and...

  22. France 24

    Why Trump wants H-1B skilled worker visas to cost employers more than $100,000 (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    US President Donald Trump is once again trying to impose a $100,000 fee on employers seeking to hire skilled temporary foreign workers through the H-1B visa programme. But while tech titans like Elon Musk have long championed the programme as a crucial way of drawing top global talent to Silicon Val…

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