Archive · 16 Dec 2025
Trump's $100k H-1B Visa Fee Hits IT Firms
President Trump has introduced a new rule that charges companies $100,000 for each new H-1B worker they hire from outside the US.
This fee will mostly affect big IT companies like TCS, Infosys, and Cognizant, who hire many workers from abroad.
These companies would have to pay hundreds of millions or even over a billion dollars if the fee had been in place over the past few years.
The fee is expected to reduce the number of H-1B visa applications and might push more jobs overseas.
Some companies are already adjusting their hiring plans, and there are legal challenges to the new fee.
The goal is to make it harder for companies to hire foreign workers and to encourage them to hire Americans instead.
US President Donald Trump introduced a $100,000 fee for new H-1B workers hired from outside the US.
The fee will disproportionately affect IT firms like TCS, Infosys, and Cognizant, who hire many workers from abroad.
Infosys would have had to pay over $1 billion in fees for new H-1B hires over the past four years.
TCS and Cognizant would have faced hundreds of millions in fees for their new H-1B hires.
The fee is expected to reduce H-1B visa demand and push more jobs overseas, with companies already adjusting their hiring plans.
- Who
- US President Donald Trump, IT firms (TCS, Infosys, Cognizant), H-1B workers
- What
- Introduction of a $100,000 fee for new H-1B workers hired from outside the US
- When
- Effective immediately, with potential legal challenges
- Where
- United States
- Why
- To discourage companies from using H-1B workers and to give American businesses more certainty
Proponents of the Fee
Opponents of the Fee
Impact on H-1B Visa Applications
Proponents of the Fee
The fee will discourage companies from spamming the system and driving down wages, giving US companies more certainty.
Opponents of the Fee
The fee will reduce the number of H-1B visa applications and push more jobs overseas, with companies already adjusting their hiring plans.
Effect on IT Firms
Proponents of the Fee
The fee will encourage companies to hire more American workers and invest in local talent.
Opponents of the Fee
The fee will disproportionately affect IT firms like TCS, Infosys, and Cognizant, who rely heavily on overseas talent, leading to potential job shifts overseas.
- Fee Amount
- $100,000
- Impacted Companies
- TCS, Infosys, Cognizant
- Percentage of New Hires Affected
- 82-93%
- Potential Cost for Infosys
- Over $1 billion
- Potential Cost for TCS
- Hundreds of millions
- Potential Cost for Cognizant
- Hundreds of millions
- H-1B Visa Cap
- 85,000 per year
- Foreign Workers in H-1B Hires
- Over 40%
Sources
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