H-1B Immigration Information for Faculty and Staff
Presidential Proclamation Imposing 100K Fee on Certain H-1B Petitions: Presidential Proclamation 10973 of September 19, 2025, titled Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, sought to restrict the entry to the United States of H-1B specialty occupation workers unless employers paid an extra $100,000 fee under certain conditions. This agency implementation of this first proclamation was vacated, and so the fee collection could not be enforced. On July 24, 2026, the First Circuit Court of Appeals refused to lift the district court-issued, nationwide injunction on USCIS imposing and collecting the $100,000 fee for certain new H-1B petitions.
The first proclamation was set to expire 12 months after the September 21, 2025 effective date, but Proclamation 11069 of September 18, 2026 extends "the 2025 Proclamation for an additional 12 months, until 12:00 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 21, 2027." Although it is likely that the same fee called for by the first proclamation would also be deemed unenforceable by virtue of the court decision, the plaintiffs in that case regarding the first proclamation may have to take action to clarify that.
Source: NAFSA: Association of International Educators
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