Trump set to raise H-1B application fee to $100k
(twitter.com)
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Not high enough, especially as the US dollar continues to devalue.
It's a massive increase and if it goes into effect I think it'll have a huge impact. Employers aren't allowed to have the employee cover the visa fees, (except for the premium processing fee which is optional).
H-1B's job hop like crazy and investing $100k on top of the employee's salary is a huge investment investment to make on someone who can leave 3 months later. Although I suppose job hopping would happen less because the new employer would also have to pay $100k.
Still, this isn't a small change. Yeah I'd like it to be a million dollars but $100k is enough to mean something at least.
If you can't find qualified American's then train them. What would that cost?
This "fee based" strategy just creates yet another bypass around the American citizen. I can't trust that they won't just find some workaround to it and leave us right where we started.
An American kid with on the job training is definitely better than a foreigner with no cultural attachments.