H-1B Visa Fee Hike May Make The Great American Dream Too Expensive To Achieve

NDTV ^ | 9/20/2025 | Indo-Asian News Service

[marcusmaximus]

New Delhi: United States President Donald Trump hiking H-1B non-immigrant visa fees to a steep USD 100,000 would affect thousands of Indian students with the American dream.

It will sharply reduce low and mid-paid H-1B hiring, concentrate approvals on senior and high-value roles, and force employers and employees to shift to alternative pathways, or restructure staffing models.

Immediate effects are already visible in travel advisories and market reactions; medium-term effects will reshape sourcing strategies in tech, professional services, and higher education.

The hike would mainly affect those aspiring for a middle or entry-level jobs, where the early career median wage ranges between USD 65,000-80,000 per annum and that for mid-career about USD 100,000-122,000 per annum.

These figures are from the same document quoted in the President's 'Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers' order.

For those at high levels, up to the top-of-the-stair position, the employer may not be inconvenienced in paying the sum -- perhaps sharing a part of it with the employee.

But a new Satya Nadella or another Sundar Pichai needs to rise from the ranks. The entry route may now lie almost sealed.

[grey_whiskers]

Troll.

There shouldn’t be ANY H1-Bs or offshoring.

The CEIs shoukd have to pay liquidated damages out of their own pockets, going back decades.