A $100,000 per worker visa fee tips the balance to Big Tech
After President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Friday to add a $100,000 fee for new applicants of H-1B visas for skilled foreign workers, two technology leaders reacted in opposite ways.
Selin Kocalar, 21, the chief operating officer of Delve, an artificial intelligence startup in San Francisco, learned of the change from a new employee who had just been approved for the H-1B visa. She said she was grappling with what the fee meant for hiring at her 23-person company, which has raised $35 million in funding.
