Amazon and Microsoft sponsor thousands of H-1B Visas. Now they cost $100K
Update: 2025-09-24
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Amazon and Microsoft employ a lot of workers with H-1B visas…
Some of them faced chaos after President Donald Trump signed a proclamation last week that dramatically increased the H-1B application fee.
New York Times reporter Karen Weise is here to give some insight into what it could mean for companies who use the H-1B program and its workers.
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