Big Tech tells H-1B workers not to leave the country because of Trump’s new policy

Donald Trump’s announcement on Friday that his administration will impose an annual fee of $ 100,000 on H1-B visa requests, which allow foreign workers in specialized professions to work in the United States, has sent industries and governments to a cycle of confusion. With the policy that will enter into force on Sunday, and according to what was reported, major technology companies are informed of H-1B holders in their bases working either to stay in the United States or return from abroad before the age of new policy, According to CNBC.

According to the reportAmazon sent a note to her employees to advise workers in H-1B or H-4 visa holders (granted to H-1B family members) to return from abroad before 12:01 am on September 21. Send a similar messageIt warns its employees that the Trump administration policy is “organized as restrictions on travel” and that international travel can expose the worker in danger. I advised H-1B visa holders to cancel future travel plans and stay in the United States “for the foreseeable future.”

Technology companies are the largest user in the H-1B visa program. Five of the six best employers from H-1B workers are Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Apple and Google, According to citizenship and immigration services data. Under the new rules, which require either the H-1B visa holder or their sponsor to pay 100,000 dollars annually to maintain the active work permit, can stare Amazon, in theory, at one billion dollars each year to keep more than 10,000 H-1B visa holders currently employ in the workforce.

But technology is also far from the only industry that relies on specialized employment from abroad. According to business standardsMore than 30 % of the US medical population are international graduates, and between 10,000 to 43,000 accommodations are filled by H-1B visa holders. There is a continuous shortage of the doctor in the country that was expected to get worse without new restrictions. American Medical Colleges Association expected Victory ranges from 20200 to 40,400 primary care doctors by 2036, before the new H-1B fees.

He is not only the industrial players afraid, too. Foreign governments are scrambling to respond to the new policy, with a little deadline to sort all the details. “This procedure is likely to have humanitarian consequences through the disturbance caused by families. The government hopes that these turmoil will be appropriately addressed by the American authorities,” the Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. South Korea Foreign Ministry also said it sorted the potential effects of Korean workers, For all cnbc.

The Trump administration, and is also accustomed to the recipes of politics today, is trying to sort the unlimited information it provided at the beginning. Axios mentioned The officials have made clear that the new H-1B visa fees will not apply to the current visas that belong to the country, so workers should be able to return to the country without obtaining a $ 100,000 fee. It is said that the fees will not come into effect until the next session of new applicants to the H-1B program. If visa holders want to risk taking this administration with its word is another question.