What Trump’s $100,000 fee means for top global talent hubs
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order at the Oval Office in the White House on 19 September 2025 at Washington DC. Trump signed two executive orders that set up “Trump Gold Card” and a fee of $ 100,000 for H-1B visas.
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US President Donald Trump’s H-1B visa has left companies and major economies to understand potential results to increase the application fee to $ 100,000.
However, experts, especially for global talent centers in Europe, Middle East and Asia, say that it can offer a valuable opportunity.
As part of a pressure to protect American business, the Trump Management on Friday Increased application fee For talented foreign workers. The declaration, which entered into force on Sunday, requires companies to pay for new employees for new employees entering the country.
In addition to financial companies, large technology companies have long been relying on high-qualified roles with personnel from India and China among other countries, H-1B visas for a long time.
India has returned to Trump administration for a new visa fee, promise Politics is likely to have human consequences. “
SYZ Group Chief Investment Officer Charles-Henry Monchau said that the newly implemented six-digit fee for H-1B visas can shoot on the global talent centers who want to attract skilled workers.
“For the United States, innovation can be absolutely painful for the US,” CNBC said on Monday. He said.
However, he added that the financial impact of the H-1B price increase seems relatively modest for big technology names. Amazon.
Since the end of June, the Maximum H-1B owners-US e-commerce juggernaut, which has been more than 14,000-confiscated. in accordance with US citizens and immigration services. Microsoft– Meta– Apple And GoogleMeanwhile, each in 2025 financially passed more than 4,000 visa.
“This may be an opportunity for England, such as Dubai, or perhaps an opportunity for Europe for Europe … Because if the US becomes more strict, it is a golden opportunity for most of these countries to open the door to open marine experts and workers.” He said.
‘An unprecedented opportunity’
Harry Stebbings, the founder of VC Fund and Podcast 20VC, shares this idea.
“The biggest threat to European innovation is the loss of talent,” Stebbings in question Saturday in a social media post. “Trump gave Europe the greatest opportunity.”
Stebbings called on all H-1B visas to the UK quickly as part of the pressure of making the country a “talent magnet”.
Comments Coming As England reported Trying to discover ways to remove some visa fees for the best global ability, which is a movement that will sharply contrast with the Trump management.
An option evaluated by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is the proposal to reduce visa fees for senior professionals, Financial Times Reported On Monday, referring to people familiar with the subject.
CNBC asked him to comment. An Interior Ministry spokesman Financial Times told the country’s global talent ways “attracted and hired high skills especially in science, research and technology”.
London River Thames and City Financial District Skyline.
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Barney Hussey-Yeo, CEO of the British artificial intelligence attempt, described Trump’s sudden change in the H-1B visa program as an unprecedented opportunity that triggered a high interest from state workers “.
Hussey-yeo said in a statement, “This weekend since the H-1B turmoil, I have more than 1000 direct messages from high-skilled professionals who are thinking of leaving the United States-graduates of computer science graduates are currently the best universities working in elite technology companies. Calibre extraordinary.” He said.
“England should do everything possible to be the default target for this first -class ability.”
‘Rounding Error’
Meanwhile, in the United States, some companies tried to seize the initiative after the increase in H-1B visa fee.
For example, the Founding Partner and Chief Technology Officer of Metaview, a San Francisco -based company, tried to use the news as an opportunity to recruit the news.
In a LinkedIn postShahriar Tajbakhsh of Metaview encouraged the company’s career page by saying that it was “ready to move fast” to work the best skills.
“I see this as an opportunity to say that many companies from other countries ‘work in the country x’. This seems a little desperate to me,” Tajbakhsh said.
“100 thousand dollars for the company, each member of our team compared to the value of rounding error.”
– Michael Considine from CNBC and Yun contributed to this report.
