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Putting all else aside: if you’re an H1B holder currently outside the US you must return within 24 hours or you’re on the hook for $100k:

https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3l...

Unfathomably cruel.

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Oh! This is unexpected, I thought it’s only for new applications, asking every h1b holder to pay 100k is just unfathomable. We will see thousands of layoffs and people moving out on an unimaginable scale.

They said at the signing that it was per year. No idea if it’s applicable to existing h1-b’s.

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lz7tewnfrr23

Where does that per year come from? I dont see it in the proclamation.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/rest...

Howard Lutnick stated it was yearly in the video.

Ok found it: https://youtu.be/QKUhWjPEHsM strange that it doesnt match what the proclamation says

CNN said per year too

Apparently it's not per year. Total chaos. What a joke

https://x.com/presssec/status/1969495900478488745?s=46

This is announced with so much confusion and ambiguity too. Does it apply to current visa holders? Don't know. How do companies pay the fee? Don't know. Also announced on Friday night to go into effect Sunday midnight. Probably a feature though not a bug.

This link is dead already. Not sure if this is correct, it truly is confusing.

> Deleted the below posts out of an abundance of caution. Despite the words of the Proclamation, an unnamed White House official told New York Times that they intend to apply the $100,000 only to new applicants only.

> If that is correct, the implications are not as urgent.

https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3l...

> unnamed White House official told

In important cases like this one should read the bill's text and not watch some random video on the Internet which has no legal power.

> "bill's text"

Oh, how quaint, as if this significant change went through the normal lawmaking process that involves bills and Congressional approval, instead of the new rule by executive order fiat.

I've been hearing that H1B holders are currently trying to stay within the US in fear of not being let back in or because of shenanigans like this[0]. Wonder how many people are currently looking for a flight.

[0]: Oh, it looks like the bsky link has an article with companies advising as such - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/31/immigra...

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