Xin Hua Wang·2025-09-20 02:17Group 1 - The announcement by President Trump to increase the fees for H-1B visa applications to $100,000 aims to ensure that only high-skilled talent that cannot be replaced by American workers is brought into the U.S. [1] - The new fee structure is expected to impact major tech companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google, which have relied on the H-1B visa program to hire foreign employees, including software developers [1] - The annual cap for new H-1B visas is set at 85,000, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services [1] Group 2 - The introduction of the "Golden Card" program allows foreign individuals with extraordinary abilities to obtain expedited visa processing by paying $1 million to the U.S. Treasury or having a company sponsor them for $2 million [2]