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Stanford University (pictured) is among institutions that have had the most H-1B visas approved in recent years.
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WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s US$100,000 (S$129,500) fee for new H-1B visas will have major consequences for tech companies and financial firms. But the effects of the new fee will also ripple across the education system and show up in classrooms across the country.
Higher-education leaders and public-school superintendents say the steep fee will hurt schools that depend on foreign workers to fill critical teaching roles. Some university and college presidents said it would impede their ability to hire faculty members through the visa programme, which allows educated foreign citizens to work in “speciality occupations”. Others said their school districts could not afford the fee, making it harder for them to find maths and special education teachers.
