After signing the order, Trump said about the possible reaction of American tech companies, ”I think they will be very happy with this step.”
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US President Donald Trump has signed an order to increase the application fee for the H-1 visa. Now the visa fee will be one hundred thousand US dollars per year.
In addition, Trump has also signed an order for the Gold Card Visa Program. One million US dollars is set aside for an individual to obtain a Gold Card visa and two million dollars for a company .
The American H-1 visa began in 1990. Such visas are granted to the best employees . Most of the officers who have received such visas are Indians. China is in the second.
The Trump administration has taken this step on the H-1 visa in accordance with the new immigration policy . Trump, who has been accusing non-Americans of taking away the jobs of American citizens, has claimed that the number of people coming on H-1 visas will decrease after implementing the new fee.
After signing the order, Trump said about the possible reaction of American tech companies, "I think they will be very happy with this step."
What is the H-1 visa?
The number of visas received under the H-1 visa program, which started in 1990 for outstanding employees, was 84,000 in 2004.
This visa is issued by lottery. Until now, the total administrative fee of H-1 visa was 1 thousand 500 dollars.
According to the statistics of the US Citizenship and Immigration Service, the number of H-1 visas for the next fiscal year has decreased to 359,000. This is the lowest figure in the last four years.
