The Donald Trump administration dropped another H-1B bombshell Monday as it tweaked the $100,000 H-1B fee and issued a draft rule increasing the fee to $103,265. The increase is not the main issue of the new proposal; in the new proposal, every H-1B petition will have to pay this fee, while the earlier $100K was meant for only those who needed to undergo consular processing.

Months after a judge threw out the administration’s scheme to charge $100,000 to obtain a worker visa, it’s back proposing a $103,000 fee.

Employers should expect litigation against the new fee once it is finalized, a source told HR Dive, similar to what occurred after last year’s fee was announced by President…

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has proposed raising the fee for certain H-1B visa petitions to $103,265. The proposal, posted in the Federal Register on Monday,…

The Trump administration has proposed a new $103,265 fee for cap-subject H-1B petitions, as the earlier $100,000 payment imposed through a presidential proclamation in Sept 2025…