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The Economic Times
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H-1B visa fee: Second US judge blocks Trump’s $100,000 charge

A second US federal judge on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump’s unprecedented $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers.

US District Judge Haywood Gilliam in Oakland, California, ruled that US Citizenship and Immigration Services and the State Department had failed to follow required rule-making procedures before introducing the fee.

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