(Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump is expected to sign a proclamation as soon as Friday that would move to extensively overhaul the H-1B visa program, requiring a $100,000 fee for applications in a bid to curb overuse, according to a White House official familiar with the matter.
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It’s our currency. The USD has to move away from being the world’s reserve currency. It’s the currency spread! This will be a major shift and US elites know it’s coming. Reason they are trying to force back to US…this is going to hurt! No more money printing and no more easy profits. The world is forcing this to happen … US knows it can no longer stop it.
Part of the ‘slow hiring’ is the shift to AI development….another pipe dream. They are hoping to use this to continue ‘easy profits’. We need corporate leaders that can actually think, design and build. Not short term thinking.
It is always been TACO. Very disappointed with current administration. They messed it up all in clarification.
@e8 For Optum Indians (UHC customer support in Philippines has no upward mobility, and will be replaced with AI in 1-2 years) promotion to SG31-32 and H1B is the carrot to recruit/retain the best and brightest.
Sure we'll outsource jobs, but the promise of moving to America was a big incentive. That's why we had/have Indian-born C-suite folks that rose thru the ranks. Optum India is a weird blend of Boiler Room + Slumdog Millionaire + Hunger Games.
My concern is this doesn't do enough. This only affects new H1B hires and current ones are unaffected. And it's just a one-time fee, not an annual fee to renew.
Imo what I would've liked to see is the idea where only the highest paid H1B holders get to stay/let in, as they would represent top-tier talent and not the cheap low-skill labor we get here. And maybe even a fee paid annually by the company for each H1B holder. Why does UHG/Optum even NEED H1B holders? It's ridiculous. The idea you can't find someone in the US who can do the jobs needed here is ridiculous.
It's just a method to lower wages here is what it is.
if you're concerned about more offshoring hits with this, contact your senator and tell them to support the HIRE act
@bp The problem is even if they implement a 'tariff' on foreign worker wages, they will just open a shell company based in India and claim it's a separate entity. If the company is seen as an Indian company, UHG won't pay any 'tariff' on offshore workers. They will just claim it's a consulting business partner based in India.
What a genius POTUS is. Does he understand the money earned by H1-B is spent in America? All this will do is make them stay home and send more living wage jobs offshore. I bet the guy still sticks corn up his nose.
It is NOT ABOUT protecting American jobs! It is about PAYING TO PLAY and Trump embezzlement. Countries/Companies will gladly pay that fee to give their citizens American Jobs.
@c8 At least the lines would be clear, right now we got shirit punching security holes onshore for nikesh offshore.
@bp your healthcare data secure? all your data was leaked and is leaked on a daily basis by american, chinese and russian hackers. and whatever isnt leaked, y'all voluntarily broadcast for the world to see on tiktok and facebook
they took yer jobs!!
they took yer jobs!!
h1b became more expensive, and y'all think its awesome, because that will prevent yer jobs from being shipped offshore??
they took yer jobs!!
If President Trump wants to preserve American jobs, which he truly seems to do and has my support, the next logical step is to tax companies who offshore their labor, eg a “tariff” on offshoring American jobs. Perhaps a 50 percent tax on the entire salary of foreign workers- but at the salary of the same position in the USA - would go a long way to help us workers.
An example: let’s say a position in the US has a median salary of 100,000 but only costs 20,000 if done out of the country. A tax of 50,000 dollars on the employer would actually create incentives to preserve American jobs.
Also, it should never, ever be permitted to offshore protected health information on US citizens. That’s a security threat for sure.
Most of the people on campus are H1B. May as well sell the place.
As others have said, it’s just going to offshore more jobs. He needs to tax companies that offshore information work.
Here is the full proclamation signed by President on 09/19/2025.
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/
Next step, They need to take strict action against offshoring the work for cheap labour particularly from India.
US IT job market has been facing significant challenges due to cheap h1b labour and offshoring IT resources. It has to stop now.
@a1 there’s always a loophole
So then the companies will just offshore more and hire people working from their own country.