Trump H-1B Visa Tech Eurge rule

Main technology and foreign governments are rushing to react for the president Donald Trump Late Friday announced plans Impose a fee for $ 100,000 for H-1B visitthreatening to increase the program at the heart of the American workforce.

According to the White House official, the fee would apply to new H-1B candidates, not extension or current visa holders. It will be used for the first time in the upcoming lottery cycle and does not apply to the winners of Lottery 2025, said the person. The White House also explained that the new fee of USD 100,000 is not an annual fee, as previously informed by several media.

This move can deal a huge blow to companies – primarily in technology and finance sectors – which largely based on highly qualified immigrants, especially from India and China.

The announcement was caused by shock waves through some of the largest technology and financial companies in the country:

• Amazon The immigration team advised H-1B and H-4 owners to remain in the USA and for people abroad before 12:01 ET 21 September, according to internal messages browsed by CNBC.

• Jpmorgan chase’s The law firm sent a note asking for a H-1B visa in the company to stay in the US and avoid international travel until further instructions, according to a person familiar with this matter.

• Goldman Sachs According to the internal note Reuters, they told employees with H-1B visits to be careful when traveling on international arena based on the guidelines of Fragomen Immigratory Services.

• Microsoft Apparently, he also recommended H-1B owners to remain in the USA and foreign people, warning that international travels could threaten their immigration status, according to e-mails seen by Reuters.

The fee represents the most aggressive administration movement to limit legal immigration. Since its office in January, Trump has developed wide repression after the illegal and legal entrance to the USA, but the Friday announcement is the most important attempt to reduce employment visas.

Amazon employed the most H-1B-Ponad 14,000 owners at the end of June. Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Google had over 4,000 such visas, among the 10 best recipients for the 2025 tax year.

CNBC contacted all public companies on the list of the 10 best H-1B recipients for a comment.

“President Trump promised to put American employees in the first place, and this joint action does it, discouraging companies from spamming the system and lowering wages,” said CNBC Taylor Rogers, a spokeswoman for the White House. “It also gives American companies that really want to bring highly qualified employees to our great country, but have been trampled by system abuse.”

“Humanitarian consequences”

The announcement also disrupted the status quo abroad, in which foreign governments tried to assess the impact of new rules on their countries.

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs has stated that it is investigating visa restrictions and their consequences, emphasizing that both Indian and American industries are interested in maintaining the competitiveness of innovation. It also emphasized the likely disruption of individual families.

“This measure will probably have humanitarian consequences as a result of disturbances caused by families. The government hopes that these interference can be properly resolved by the US authorities,” said the Ministry of External Affairs in a statement.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of South Korea also stated that it assessed implications for Korean companies and qualified employees.

Below is a search list of 100 best American companies that were H1-B recipients in the 2025 tax year.

– – Annie Palmer from CNBC contributed to this report.