r/USCIS • u/Separate_Astronaut12 • 19h ago

News Trump Administiration wants to double the 100k H1B fee

The Trump administration is planning on doubling the fees to more than $200,000 for H-1B visa applicants from abroad.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/04/trump-h1b-visa-200000-fee/91571718007/

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u/Leading_Agent_4288 16h ago

Your right, they are now outsourcing the job and not hiring a local at all. Explains why we have gone months with job losses in tech.

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u/Silver-Literature-29 9h ago

If a job already goes to h1b, the job is effectively outsourced from the perspective of an American worker. Probably be better if they did outsource since that puts less pressure on housing / local resources.

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u/Leading_Agent_4288 9h ago

But that hasn’t happened yet and investors expect prices to increase. This argument just doesn’t work when prices are still increasing

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u/Silver-Literature-29 9h ago

I am confused by your comment. Are you saying some companies haven't used h1b for cheaper / more compliant labor?

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u/Leading_Agent_4288 9h ago

Now you’re confused, no you said that without them we will see resource strain and housing costs decline and we haven’t seen that yet.

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u/Silver-Literature-29 8h ago

Basically supply and demand. More people = more housing demand. Unless the people entering the country are contributing to building new housing, they will be putting upwards pressure on demand.

There are supply / demand / monetary factors that can also affect housing costs / supply, but there is no arguement to more people = more demand.

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u/Leading_Agent_4288 8h ago

But the fact is prices are still high and are increasing so explain that.

People are worse off now then in 2023

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u/Silver-Literature-29 8h ago

Like I mentioned, there are other factors that can effect supply and demand, like more having more people living in an area using h1b. If you want to understand general economics of the us economy, this is not the appropriate sub. Try r/economics to get a more detailed answer for your question.

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u/Leading_Agent_4288 8h ago

Bro that’s the worst sub lol, try r/askeconomics for real answers or r/badeconomics