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President Donald Trump renewed the $100,000 H-1B payment on Sept. 18 for 12 more months, through Sept. 21, 2027; the proclamation was printed in the Federal Register on Sept. 23.
- Employers still can't be charged: a federal judge in Massachusetts vacated the policy in June, and on July 24 a federal appeals court refused to revive it while the government appeals.
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A companion executive order directs three Cabinet departments to weigh an employer's recent or planned layoffs of comparable U.S. workers before approving H-1B cases, a check that operates regardless of the court fight.
The White House has bought its $100,000 H-1B charge another year of life, even though no employer can currently be made to pay it. Proclamation 11069, signed Sept. 18 and published Wednesday, stretches the 2025 restriction by 12 months.
