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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/prof

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/3lz7ybcsn522n https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3l... Unfathomably cruel.

speff 1y ago
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/immigration-h1b-fear-siliconvalley/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/31/immigra...
yalogin 1y ago
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.
- seanieb 1y ago
  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 https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lz7tewnfrr23
  - johanyc 1y ago
    Where does that per year come from? I dont see it in the proclamation. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restriction-on-entry-of-certain-nonimmigrant-workers/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/rest...
    - seanieb 1y ago
      Howard Lutnick stated it was yearly in the video.
      - johanyc 1y ago
        Ok found it: https://youtu.be/QKUhWjPEHsM https://youtu.be/QKUhWjPEHsM strange that it doesnt match what the proclamation says
        saisux 1y ago
        CNN said per year too
      - johanyc 1y ago
        Apparently it's not per year. Total chaos. What a joke https://x.com/presssec/status/1969495900478488745?s=46 https://x.com/presssec/status/1969495900478488745?s=46
yibg 1y ago
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.
dudus 1y ago
This link is dead already. Not sure if this is correct, it truly is confusing.
- linksbro 1y ago
  > 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/3lzaefymogc2j https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3l...
  - codedokode 1y ago
    > 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.
    - hn_throwaway_99 1y ago
      > "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.
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breitling 1y ago
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- dotnet00 1y ago
  You strongly agree with making people who were legally living their lives in the US lose access to everything they own overnight just because they happened to be outside the country on a random day?
  - breitling 1y ago
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    - dotnet00 1y ago
      You've got to be braver than that about your desires. Be upfront about it instead of dodging the question. This isn't about prioritizing locals, locals aren't being priorizited by taking away the belongings of someone whose only crime was being a legal immigrant. If it was solely about prioritizing locals, the rule would make a one-time exemption for H1B holders who happen to be outside the country, so they have the ability to figure things out with their employer, sort out their affairs, sell off vehicles etc, sort out their leases and pack up their belongings to bring with them.
    - rsynnott 1y ago
      Say you’re a multinational, with offices in the US, Europe, Asia. You need to hire more people. _Where are you going to do it_? The place where the rules change every ten minutes? This doesn’t prioritise locals; it will almost certainly cause large companies to concentrate their high-skilled employment elsewhere. (Honestly for some of them the _chaos_ will be almost as bad as the restrictions; how do you plan with the US’s current level of nonsense? You can’t. What if he decides to revoke green cards next week, or bans enemies of the reich from high-skills employment?)
      - ponector 1y ago

speff 1y ago

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/immigration-h1b-fear-siliconvalley/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/31/immigra...

yalogin 1y ago

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.

seanieb 1y ago
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 https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lz7tewnfrr23
- johanyc 1y ago
  Where does that per year come from? I dont see it in the proclamation. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/restriction-on-entry-of-certain-nonimmigrant-workers/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/09/rest...
  - seanieb 1y ago
    Howard Lutnick stated it was yearly in the video.
    - johanyc 1y ago
      Ok found it: https://youtu.be/QKUhWjPEHsM https://youtu.be/QKUhWjPEHsM strange that it doesnt match what the proclamation says
      - saisux 1y ago
        CNN said per year too
    - johanyc 1y ago
      Apparently it's not per year. Total chaos. What a joke https://x.com/presssec/status/1969495900478488745?s=46 https://x.com/presssec/status/1969495900478488745?s=46

yibg 1y ago

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.

dudus 1y ago

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

linksbro 1y ago
> 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/3lzaefymogc2j https://bsky.app/profile/reichlinmelnick.bsky.social/post/3l...
- codedokode 1y ago
  > 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.
  - hn_throwaway_99 1y ago
    > "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.

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breitling 1y ago

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dotnet00 1y ago
You strongly agree with making people who were legally living their lives in the US lose access to everything they own overnight just because they happened to be outside the country on a random day?
- breitling 1y ago
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  - dotnet00 1y ago
    You've got to be braver than that about your desires. Be upfront about it instead of dodging the question. This isn't about prioritizing locals, locals aren't being priorizited by taking away the belongings of someone whose only crime was being a legal immigrant. If it was solely about prioritizing locals, the rule would make a one-time exemption for H1B holders who happen to be outside the country, so they have the ability to figure things out with their employer, sort out their affairs, sell off vehicles etc, sort out their leases and pack up their belongings to bring with them.
  - rsynnott 1y ago
    Say you’re a multinational, with offices in the US, Europe, Asia. You need to hire more people. _Where are you going to do it_? The place where the rules change every ten minutes? This doesn’t prioritise locals; it will almost certainly cause large companies to concentrate their high-skilled employment elsewhere. (Honestly for some of them the _chaos_ will be almost as bad as the restrictions; how do you plan with the US’s current level of nonsense? You can’t. What if he decides to revoke green cards next week, or bans enemies of the reich from high-skills employment?)
    - ponector 1y ago