Yes, this news is the US administration clarifying that H1B1's aren't affected by the increased fee for H1B's. Chile and Singapore have small populations, and e

Yes, this news is the US administration clarifying that H1B1's aren't affected by the increased fee for H1B's. Chile and Singapore have small populations, and even with the minute few Singaporeans working in the US (under the H1B1 and otherwise), they are likely overrepresented as a fraction of their total citizenry, owing to their intensive education and hence relative global mobility. The H1B1 has been around for over 20 years now. It's just... something that exists. These are concessions that a large country like the US can easily give in bilateral agreements to small countries because demographic issues owing to immigration are not likely owing to how small these countries are to begin with. It's not something possible for countries like India, China, Indonesia, etc.