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Jensen Huang said President Donald Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee could put the American dream further out of reach for immigrants, marking a more critical take on the visa change after he initially offered positive feedback on it last week. The Nvidia CEO said on an episode of the “BG2 Pod” published Friday that the Trump administration’s move to change …

New Delhi, India — Meghna Gupta* had planned it all – a master’s degree by 23, a few years of working in India, and then a move to the United States before she turned 30 to eventually settle there. So, she clocked countless hours at the Hyderabad office of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India’s largest IT firm and a driver …

Canada Wants To Lure Tech Workers Who Won’t Get US H-1B Visas  Bloomberg.com A major Silicon Valley medtech company just announced it was pausing H-1B hires  Business Insider What does Trump’s latest H-1B directive state? | Explained  The Hindu Medical Groups Warn Against Visa Fees for Foreign Doctors  The New York Times Trump’s H1-B changes raise concerns about US tech economy’s future, ability to …

Intuitive, a medtech giant with over 13,000 employees globally, says it is temporarily pausing offers to candidates who require H-1B visas. It’s a clear indication that the White House’s new $100,000 H-1B fee policy, announced less than a week ago, is having a real impact on tech hiring — and not just on cash-strapped startups. Intuitive, based in Sunnyvale, California, …

Major Silicon Valley leaders shrugged their shoulders when they were slapped with a new $100,000 fee for new H-1B hires. While much of the tech world was confused and outraged at President Donald Trump’s late-Friday visa overhaul, Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings said the policy would create “more certainty” for high-value jobs. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC, “I’m glad to …

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wen-Hsing Huang, a 25-year-old software development engineer at Amazon from Taiwan, who is now based in Seattle. Business Insider has verified Huang’s employment history with documentation. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I always knew I wanted to study and work in the United States. When I was …

By imposing the $100,000 fee, Trump claims that companies will be forced to use the H-1B program the way “it was intended”—motivated to pay more for certain foreign workers in order “to fill jobs for which highly skilled and educated American workers are unavailable.” Speaking last Friday, Trump suggested that money collected from the fees would be used to “reduce …

Amr Awadallah, founder of AI startup Vectara, had two reactions when he heard about changes to the H-1B visa program that raise the application fee for each visa to $100,000. He was not surprised. But he was dismayed. “I can’t afford to pay $100,000,” Awadallah told TechCrunch. He’s hired one employee on an H-1B, and while the new fee only …

President Trump signed an executive order introducing a new $100,000 application fee for H-1B visas. Getty Images Last Friday, President Donald Trump announced a bombshell change for the H-1B visa program, a popular avenue for U.S. tech companies to hire talent from foreign countries — a $100,000 application fee. The surprise executive order sparked chaos, confusion and panic as tech …

Exclusive | Senators Want Answers From Big Tech on H-1B Workers, Layoffs  The Wall Street Journal Lawmakers seek answers from major US firms over H-1B visa use amid layoffs  Reuters Trump administration proposes overhauling H-1B visa process for higher-paid workers  NBC News Amazon, Microsoft Use of H-1B Visas Draws Inquiry in Senate  Bloomberg Government News US lawmakers to Apple, Amazon and other companies after …