The Department of Homeland Security issued a regulation proposing a $103,000 fee for H-1B workers.
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Bulwark TakesAug 29, 2026
The claim matches the record: DHS published a proposed rule on August 25, 2026 to establish a $103,265 fee (about $103,000) on H-1B cap-subject petitions, before the post's August 29 date. The claim is a faithful paraphrase of the passage, and the sources also note the rule is only proposed and that the separate $100,000 fee is blocked in court.
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… It's, like, a incredibly technical bureaucratic process, and they just went, boom, and said, nope, we're just going to tweak the model, boop, boop, boop. Oh, look, it came up with a $103,000 fee for H-1B workers, so we're just gonna do that through H- through this boring USCS. Now it's totally lawless. It makes me laugh, the nerd part of me laugh, because it's like all the work that's supposed to go into this, and then they're just pretending that this objective process came up with almost exactly the same fee that they made up …
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Supports. The Federal Register publishes a DHS proposed rule dated 08/25/2026 that proposes a $103,265 fee payable at filing for all H-1B cap-subject petitions.[2]
Supports. Reuters reports that the Department of Homeland Security moved in August to adopt a permanent fee of about $103,000, which it says will likely be challenged in court.[1]
Supports. Bloomberg and Bloomberg Law report that DHS proposed the roughly $103,265 H-1B fee in a draft rule on Monday, August 24, 2026, and the Federal Register dates the rule to August 25.[4][5]
Context. The rule is a proposal, not a final rule, and the separate $100,000 H-1B fee is temporarily blocked by courts; the claim's wording of a regulation proposing the fee is accurate.[3][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 2 primary, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1Second judge blocks Trump's $100,000 fee for new H-1B worker visasreuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Fee for Certain H-1B Petitionsfederalregister.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3H-1B Executive Actions in 2026congress.gov · primary source · cited for: context
- 4New $100000 H-1B Fee Planned for Visa Workers Already in USbloomberg.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5New $103,000 H-1B Fee Planned for Visa Workers Already in US (3)news.bloomberglaw.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6United States: Five Key Immigration Developments for Employers | Insight | Baker McKenziebakermckenzie.com · not rated · cited for: context
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