Trump Shapes Immigration Gilded Age With $100,000 H-1B Fee (2)

Sept. 20, 2025, 6:00 PM UTC

President Donald Trump took his most extensive step yet toward overhauling the US legal migration system, with a pair of proclamations that explicitly favor the wealthiest of the world’s prospective expat workers.

Trump on Friday slapped a $100,000 application fee on the widely used H-1B visa program, a move that would drastically increase the cost of visas heavily coveted by some of America’s largest companies seeking to bring in skilled workers from abroad.

The president also unveiled a “Trump Gold Card” visa program — where for the price of $1 million, individuals could get US residency. Businesses could buy residency ...

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