Amazon, Google, Microsoft reportedly warn H-1B employees to stay in the US

Massive tech corporations have responded to President Donald Trump’s dramatic adjustments to H-1B visa functions by telling workers with these visas to stay in the US, in accordance with a number of media reviews.

The White Home introduced Friday that Trump had signed a proclamation requiring employers to pay a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa functions. In response, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft reportedly emailed their workers telling these with H-1B visas to remain in the US and keep away from overseas journey for now — and in the event that they’re already touring, to attempt to return earlier than the proclamation takes impact at 12:01am Jap on Sunday.

Enterprise Insider revealed the memos from Amazon and Microsoft, whereas Sources published a similar memo from Google. A Microsoft spokesperson declined to remark. TechCrunch has additionally reached out to Amazon and Google.

In keeping with government data, Amazon workers have acquired essentially the most H-1B visas up to now this fiscal yr, adopted by Tata Consultancy Providers, then Microsoft, Meta, and Apple, with Google ranked sixth.

In the meantime, a White Home official told Axios that the charge will solely apply to new candidates, not present H-1B holders or renewals.