Netflix co-founder backs Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee: ‘No lottery, more certainty for high value jobs’

Netflix co-founder Reed Hastings has publicly voiced support for US President Donald Trump’s newly announced H-1B policy, which imposes a $100,000 fee on new visa applications. Hastings, who claims to have worked on H-1B issues for over three decades, said the measure could refocus the visa program on “very high value jobs.”

In a post on X, Hastings wrote, “I’ve worked on H1-B politics for 30 years. Trump’s $100k per year tax is a great solution. It will mean H1-B is used just for very high-value jobs, which will mean no lottery needed, and more certainty for those jobs.”