US Citizenship and Immigration Services, USCIS has issued a clarification on Trump’s new order on H-1B visa. Trump, on September 19 signed a new proclamation saying a $100,000 price for H-1B visa functions. In a submit on X (previously Twitter), the immigration authority stated that President Trump’s new H-1B visa requirement applies only to NEW, potential petitions that haven’t but been filed. Petitions submitted previous to September 21, 2025 should not affected, it added.White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt additionally took to the microblogging platform stating that the $100,000 is “NOT an annual fee. It’s a one-time fee that applies only to the petition.” She additional clarified that “those who already hold H-1B visas and are currently outside of the country right now will NOT be charged $100,000 to re-enter.”
Here’s the complete letter shared by USCIS on X
Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, H-1B On September 19, 2025, the President issued a Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, to handle systemic abuse of H-1B nonimmigrant visas. Pursuant to sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(1) and 1185(a), the entry into the United States of aliens as nonimmigrants to carry out providers in a specialty occupation underneath part 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), is restricted, aside from these aliens whose petitions are accompanied or supplemented by a cost of $100,000. This steerage applies to H-1B employment-based petitions filed after 12:01 AM ET on September 21, 2025. This proclamation only applies prospectively to petitions that haven’t but been filed. The proclamation doesn’t apply to aliens who: are the beneficiaries of petitions that have been filed previous to the efficient date of the proclamation, are the beneficiaries of at the moment authorised petitions, or are in possession of validly issued H-1B non-immigrant visas. All officers of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall be certain that their selections are in step with this steerage. The proclamation doesn’t influence the flexibility of any present vim holder to journey to or from the United States.cc: David V. Roy, Chief Counsel (A) FOUO, For Official Use Only
