As you may have read, President Trump announced last night that the issuance of a H-1B visa will now come with a $100,000 fee. This is up from around $3,400, a 25x increase.
Small nit/question: aren't almost all postdocs on J1s? Anecdotally, I've only ever met a single H1B postdoc which as because he need to collaborate with industry in a very specific way.
Not that this changes the point about the H1B for non-profits.
This proclamation might be a stick in trade negotiations with India. It affects IT services companies of India and in general affects many Indian immigrants to the US. I believe Indians are a big portion of the H1B grantees.
Small nit/question: aren't almost all postdocs on J1s? Anecdotally, I've only ever met a single H1B postdoc which as because he need to collaborate with industry in a very specific way.
Not that this changes the point about the H1B for non-profits.
This proclamation might be a stick in trade negotiations with India. It affects IT services companies of India and in general affects many Indian immigrants to the US. I believe Indians are a big portion of the H1B grantees.
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