US court refuses to revive Trump’s $100,000 H-1B visa fee for skilled foreign workers

A US federal appeals court on Friday rejected the Donald Trump administration’s request to revive its controversial $100,000 fee on new H-1B visas, leaving in place a lower court ruling that struck down the charge as an unlawful tax not authorised by Congress.

The Boston-based First US Circuit Court of Appeals denied the administration’s motion to stay a June 8 ruling by US District Judge Leo T. Sorokin, who invalidated the fee in a lawsuit brought by attorneys general from 20 Democratic-led states.