5 d. ago US Chamber of Commerce sues Trump administration over US$100,000 H

The largest American business lobbying group filed a lawsuit on Thursday challenging US President Donald Trump’s US$100,000 fee on new H-1B visas for highly skilled foreign workers. The lawsuit by the US Chamber of Commerce, which says it represents 300,000 businesses, is the group’s first against the Trump administration since the Republican president took office for a second term in January. The chamber says in the lawsuit that Trump’s September proclamation imposing the fee on new H-1B visa...

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1 week ago Bitcoin Price Crashes to $108,000 As Trump To Impose 100% Tariffs on China

Bitcoin Price Crashes to $108,000 As Trump To Impose 100% Tariffs on China  Bitcoin Magazine

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4 w. ago Chinese tech workers miss mainland wedding, rethink plans amid H

Chinese technology workers in the United States saw their travel plans disrupted and reassessed their future in the world’s biggest economy, after US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation requiring companies to pay US$100,000 per year for new H-1B applications. The policy change, which initially appeared vague on who was responsible for paying the fee, prompted H-1B visa holders Selena Tang and her husband to skip their planned Chinese wedding on Tuesday in Wuxi, in eastern Jiangsu...

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4 w. ago Chinese tech workers miss mainland weddings, rethink plans amid H

Chinese technology workers in the United States saw their travel plans disrupted and reassessed their future in the world’s biggest economy, after US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation requiring companies to pay US$100,000 per year for new H-1B applications. The policy change, which initially appeared vague on who was responsible for paying the fee, prompted H-1B visa holders Selena Tang and her husband to skip their planned Chinese wedding on Tuesday in Wuxi, in eastern Jiangsu...

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4 w. ago ‘Final straw’: Chinese workers in US explore fleeing to Europe after H

When Alan, a Chinese national working at a chip company in the San Francisco Bay Area, saw that US President Donald Trump was proposing a US$100,000 payment for H-1B working visas on Friday, he immediately reached out to his friend in Paris. “I cannot take it any more,” Alan, who gave only his English name due to the sensitivity of the topic, wrote in an instant message. “I want to ask you about the work environment in Europe and if their immigration policies are friendly.” Even though the White...

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4 w. ago China says ‘outstanding talents’ welcome after Trump’s $100,000 visa fee

China says ‘outstanding talents’ welcome after Trump’s $100,000 visa fee  Anadolu Ajansı

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last month Trump’s US$100,000 visa threatens India’s US$280 billion IT sector

Donald Trump’s sticker shock on H-1B visas risks disrupting Indian tech firms’ US projects, and is forcing Prime Minister Narendra Modi to once again deal with the fallout from America First policies. The US president’s order on Friday – which requires a US$100,000 fee for H-1B applications – will hurt margins of Indian outsourcers who use the programme to deploy engineers to client sites. That is a blow to India’s US$280 billion IT services sector, which is already grappling with sluggish...

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