President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation that will require a $100,000 annual visa fee for highly-skilled foreign workers and rolled out a $1 million “gold card” visa as a pathway to U.S. citizenship for wealthy individuals, moves that face near-certain legal challenges amid widespread criticism he is sidestepping Congress...

H-1B visas, which require at least a bachelor’s degree, are meant for high-skilled jobs that tech companies find difficult to fill. Critics say the program is a pipeline for overseas workers who are often willing to work for as little as $60,000 annually, well below the $100,000-plus salaries typically paid to U.S. technology workers.

https://apnews.com/article/h1b-visa-trump-immigration-8d39699d0b2de3d90936f8076357254e

 

It's about time!!!

 

Travelers were spooked and freaked out over President Donald Trump’s Friday proclamation requiring H-1B visa applicants to pay a $100,000 fee as chaos spread at the San Francisco International Airport with some passengers demanding to leave an international flight, fearful of what would happen if they left the U.S.

 

An Emirates flight was set to take off from San Francisco to Dubai just after 5 p.m., but it was delayed three hours after passengers asked to disembark amid uncertainty over how the announcement would affect current H-1B visa holders, Reuters reports. The visas are a popular recruitment tool used by American companies to attract foreign workers to the U.S.

 

Trump’s proclamation sparked chaos and confusion as questions mounted over exactly how current visa holders will be impacted. Current H-1B visa holders can still leave and re-enter the country as normal, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Saturday.

 

Trump’s new $100,000 H-1B visa policy causes chaos at San Francisco airport as passengers demand to leave plane

 

 Chaos as the clowns running the admin relay differing information.

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick also told reporters in the Oval Office it would be an annual fee, but Leavitt later clarified that it’s a “one-time fee that applies only to the petition.”

THE GOLD CARD

 

To advance that policy, I hereby announce the Gold Card, a visa program overseen by the Secretary of Commerce that will facilitate the entry of aliens who have demonstrated their ability and desire to advance the interests of the United States by voluntarily providing a significant financial gift to the Nation.

 

Sec. 2.  The Gold Card.  (a)  The Secretary of Commerce, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall establish a “Gold Card” program authorizing an alien who makes an unrestricted gift to the Department of Commerce under 15 U.S.C. 1522 (or for whom a corporation or similar entity makes such a gift) to establish eligibility for an immigrant visa using an expedited process, to the extent consistent with law and public safety and national security concerns.  The requisite gift amount shall be $1 million for an individual donating on his or her own behalf and $2 million for a corporation or similar entity donating on behalf of an individual.  

 

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/the-gold-card/