US government's plans for $100,000 fee on new H-1B work visas rejected by court again; says: Government failed to show that ...

A federal appeals court has rejected the US government's proposed fees of $100,000 on new H-1B work visas, saying the government failed to show that it was likely to succeed in proving that President Donald Trump had the authority to impose the charge. The ruling keeps in place a lower court's decision blocking the fee that was first introduced in 2025 as part of the Trump administration's broader immigration crackdown. The proposed fee would have sharply increased the cost of hiring highly skilled foreign workers, especially in the technology sector.