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Visa holders on vacation have 15 hours to return to US or pay $100k fee


Tech News News: Microsoft urged its H-1B and H-4 visa employees to return to the US before the September 21 deadline due to a new $100,000 annual fee per H-1B worker.

Strongly recommend H-1B and H-4 visa holders return to the US tomorrow before the deadline,” Microsoft said in its email to employees as quoted by Reuters.Donald Trump has signed an executive order on Friday, September 19 introducing a $100,000 annual fee for H-1B visa applications, dealing a big blow to the technology sector that relies heavily on skilled workers from India and China. Donald Trump's H-1B Visa Fee Hike Shocks Tech Giants and Indians, Experts Call The Move 'Regressive' In the first half of 2025, Amazon and its cloud unit AWS secured approvals for more than 12,000 H-1B visas, while Microsoft and Meta each obtained over 5,000 approvals.Follow Us On Social Media

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