The administration is proposing a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applicants.
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Bulwark TakesAug 29, 2026
As of 2026-08-29, DHS had proposed a $103,265 fee on H-1B cap-subject petitions, which primary sources and wire/tier-2 outlets describe as 'more than $100,000,' so the claim's '$100,000' is a close approximation of the proposal.
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… prevent people from getting H-1Bs, then, you know, again, they can they can, uh, uh, shut down this, right, this doing it the right way pathway, and, and, uh, and I assume, as much as I regret it, we're gonna have to talk about H-1B fees again, aren't we? I saw this headline about the $100,000 fee on H-1B applicants, and I was like, this feels like deja vu. I thought we did this maybe a year ago, but I don't remember. Did it get blocked in court? Why are we back where we are, and how is this different? Last fall, uh, Trump did something very creative. …
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Supports. DHS announced on Aug 24, 2026 a proposal to establish a $103,265 fee payable at filing for all H-1B cap-subject petitions, which the agency's own news release confirms.[2]
Supports. The Federal Register proposed-rule text (published in the Federal Register in August 2026) gives the same $103,265 proposed fee, with a 30-day comment period.[3]
Supports. Politico and the Wall Street Journal both reported in August 2026 that the administration proposed a more than $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications.[5][6]
Context. The proposed figure is $103,265 rather than exactly $100,000; the claim's round figure is a close approximation rather than an exact match, and the sources describe it as 'more than $100,000.'[2][5]
Context. The earlier $100,000 H-1B fee imposed by the September 2025 proclamation was blocked by a federal judge in June 2026 and remains under appeal; this is a separate, earlier action and does not contradict the August 2026 proposal.[1][4]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 primary, 2 tier 2
- 1Trump extends push for $100,000 H-1B visas by another yearreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 2DHS Proposes Additional H-1B Feeuscis.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 3Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 163 (Tuesday, August ...govinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4H-1B Executive Actions in 2026 - Congress.govcongress.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 5Trump administration proposes more than $100K fee for H-1B visaspolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 6Government Proposes New Six-Figure Fee for H1-B Visaswsj.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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