Foreign countries are seeking to capitalize on President Donald Trump’s new fee hike on applications for H-1B visas, a move some experts say could have a detrimental impact on the United States.
Canada, Germany and China are among the countries that have publicly signaled intent to attract to their country’s tech industries the foreign talent that could otherwise go to the United States.
Trump’s Sept. 19 proclamation says the new $100,000 fee on companies for every new H-1B visa application is necessary to reverse “systemic abuse of the program” that “has undermined both our economic and national security.” It focuses on the “large-scale replacement of American workers” in information technology and software, along with science, technology, engineering and math fields.
