A federal judge voided a policy instituted by presidential proclamation last fall that raised the application fee for new H-1B visas to $100,000.
As Healio previously reported, the H-1B visa program allows employers to temporarily hire foreign workers in certain occupations that require specialized knowledge, including certain international medical graduates. Nearly 250,000 international medical graduates worked in the United States in 2023, making up 24.7% of the total U.S. physician workforce. The fee increase was predicted to have large and lasting negative effects on the U.S. physician