20 tech giants that could be hit hardest by President Donald Trump's $100,000 H-1B visa fees

President Donald TrumpKevin Dietsch via Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump's executive order raises new H-1B visa fees to $100,000.Tech firms have relied on H-1B visas to hire skilled foreign workers, like engineers.These are the top companies that will be hit hardest by the H-1B visa fee hike.An executive order signed by President Donald Trump late Friday, hiking H-1B visa application fees to $100,000, sent Silicon Valley into a tailspin.H-1B visas have become a mainstay of the tech industry, allowing companies to hire highly-skilled workers from abroad, including engineers.Affected tech workers and corporate lawyers initially scrambled to decipher the new policies, with companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta telling employees on H-1B visas to either stay in the US or return from abroad within 24 hours.The Trump administration subsequently clarified that the fees would only apply to new applicants, not renewals or current H-1B holders.The Trump administration said it implemented the changes to prevent system "abuses" and to encourage companies to train American workers.Some applauded the new policy, including Netflix cofounder Reed Hastings, who said it could mean the end of the lottery system, given H-1Bs are capped at 85,000 workers annually. Others worried cash-strapped startups would be most severely affected, or that the executive order could counterintuitively push more jobs out of the country.Business Insider examined publicly available data from the Department of Labor and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to track which tech companies had the most H-1B visa approvals in 2025.Bloomberg, Intel, and Nvidia declined to comment. The rest of the companies on this list did not respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.Do you have experience with the H-1B visa program? Business Insider wants to hear from you. Please fill out this quick form.AmazonAmazon CEO Andy JassyFortune/ReutersTotal certified H-1B approvals: 15,043Total employees worldwide: 1,556,000MicrosoftSatya NadellaJason Redmond / AFP/ Getty ImagesTotal certified H-1B approvals: 6,043Total employees worldwide: 228,000MetaMark ZuckerbergDavid Zalubowski/ AP ImagesTotal certified H-1B approvals: 5,124Total employees worldwide: 74,067AlphabetSundar PichaiALAIN JOCARD / AFPTotal certified H-1B approvals: 4,319Total employees worldwide: 183,323AppleTim CookJustin Sullivan/Getty ImagesTotal certified H-1B approvals: 4,253Total employees worldwide: 164,000OracleLarry EllisonGettyTotal certified H-1B approvals: 2,135Total employees worldwide: 162,000IntelPresident Donald Trump called on Lip-Bu Tan to resign as CEO of Intel. Crisis communications experts told Business Insider that getting a message out early and on multiple fronts is essential.Chiang Ying-ying/Associated PressTotal certified H-1B approvals: 1,707Total employees worldwide: 108,900IBMArvind Krishna has been spent his entire career at IBM. He was made CEO of the company in 2020.Sajjad Hussain/Getty ImagesTotal certified H-1B approvals: 1,600Total employees worldwide: 270,300CiscoCisco CEO Chuck Robbins.Mint/Getty ImagesTotal certified H-1B approvals: 1,576Total employees worldwide: 86,200Nvidia"You know this is no different than getting three opinions. Three doctors' opinions. I do the same thing," Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, told CNN in an interview that aired Sunday.Kevin Dietsch via Getty ImagesTotal certified H-1B approvals: 1,473Total employees worldwide: 36,000ByteDanceShou ChewMatt McClain/The Washington Post/Getty Images.Total certified H-1B approvals: 1,360Total employees worldwide: 150,000SalesforceMarc BenioffEric Risberg /APTotal certified H-1B approvals: 1,137Total employees worldwide: 76,453QualcommFILE PHOTO: Amon, Qualcomm president responds to question during 2018 CES in Las VegasThomson ReutersTotal certified H-1B approvals: 1,039Total employees worldwide: 49,000IntuitIntuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi.IntuitTotal certified H-1B approvals: 742Total employees worldwide: 18,200Tesla"Unfortunately, what choice do we have? Apple didn't just put their thumb on the scale, they put their whole body!" Elon Musk wrote on X on Monday.Chip Somodevilla via Getty ImagesTotal certified H-1B approvals: 728Total employees worldwide: 125,665PayPalAlex ChrissAlex Wong/Getty ImagesTotal certified H-1B approvals: 694Total employees worldwide: 24,400UberDara KhosrowshahiSpencer PlattTotal certified H-1B approvals: 671Total employees worldwide: 31,100AdobeShantanu NarayenBrendan McDermid/ReutersTotal certified H-1B approvals: 562Total employees worldwide: 30,709BloombergFormer New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.Chesnot/Getty ImagesTotal certified H-1B approvals: 560Total employees worldwide: 26,000ServiceNowServiceNow CEO Bill McDermottServiceNowTotal certified H-1B approvals: 517Total employees worldwide: 26,293Read the original article on Business Insider

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