The Trump administration has proposed a revamp of the H‑1B visa that would keep the lottery system but give extra weight to higher‑paid, higher‑skilled workers.
00:00The Trump administration has proposed a revamp of the H-1B visa program that would keep the lottery system, but give extra weight to higher-paid, higher-skilled foreign workers.
00:11Under the plan, applicants would be sorted into four wage tiers, with those in the top tiers getting better odds of selection.
00:17A new, one-time, $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications, not renewals, is also part of the overhaul, which critics say favors large tech firms and high-wage jobs, while squeezing out smaller employers and early career professionals.
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