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Big changes are underway for U.S. visas, quietly.
The age of cheap, temporary H-1B labor is ending.
The Trump administration isn’t just slowing new approvals.
It’s laying the groundwork to make visa sponsorship financially painful.
Under the H-1B Modernization Rule and USCIS’s new fee schedule, costs are rising.
And now, wage floor increases are back under review, targeting exactly how much employers must pay to keep a visa worker.
This isn’t about protecting workers.
It’s about shrinking demand without needing Congress.
These changes affect existing visa holders.
If your role is up for renewal, transfer, or amendment, your employer may soon face higher wage requirements or new documentation standards.
Promotions may be delayed.
Transfers could be reconsidered.
And companies are already rethinking whether H-1B staffing is worth the long-term cost.
They’re starting to prioritize workers they can keep permanently.
That means U.S. citizens.
If you're on a visa and in a cost-sensitive role, understand this clearly.
The pressure is already building.
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The age of cheap, temporary H-1B labor is ending.
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Nobody is buying the bullshit that lowering H1Bs will stop the next Werner von Braun or Einstein from being scooped up by the USA.
Everybody knows Raj probably doesn't have the 1-2 year nonname, fly-by-night Mumbai tech schoo degree. I suspect most couldn't pass a basic Linux Foundation or COMPTIA Core Test. You just want them because you don't have to pay them unemployment, work them 50-60 hours for 40, and that 40 at less than having the job done by an actual basic certified American (much less a CS degree from any university or college).
We have a visa for real world-class researchers, it's the O-1 Visa.