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Trump’s $100K H-1B entry fee stirs panic, legal questions
Houston-based attorney Emily Neumann advises H-1B workers to avoid unnecessary international travel.
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Lalit K Jha (5WH) - Mon, 29, Sep 2025
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When President Trump signed an executive order imposing a $100,000 entry fee on new H-1B visa petitions filed after Sept. 21, immigration lawyers and employers scrambled for clarity. “It was absolutely rightful panic,” said Houston-based attorney Emily Neumann, describing how companies rushed emails to workers overseas, unsure if they could return to the United States without paying what she called “a hundred thousand dollars bribe.”
Under the proclamation, the fee applies to petitions filed after Sept. 21, 2025, primarily affecting applicants outside the United States. “It does appear to impact nonprofit cap-exempt entities that might be filing for someone right now who’s outside the U.S.,” said Neumann, citing universities, hospitals, and research organisations that routinely sponsor professors and researchers abroad
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