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

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Large tech companies person responded to President Donald Trump’s melodramatic changes to H-1B visa applications by telling employees with those visas to stay successful the United States, according to aggregate media reports.

The White House announced Friday that Trump had signed a proclamation requiring employers to wage a $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications. In response, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft reportedly emailed their employees telling those with H-1B visas to enactment successful the United States and debar overseas question for present — and if they’re already traveling, to effort to instrumentality earlier the proclamation takes effect astatine 12:01am Eastern connected Sunday.

Business Insider published the memos from Amazon and Microsoft, portion Sources published a akin memo from Google. A Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment. TechCrunch has besides reached retired to Amazon and Google.

According to government data, Amazon employees person received the astir H-1B visas truthful acold this fiscal year, followed by Tata Consultancy Services, past Microsoft, Meta, and Apple, with Google ranked sixth.

Meanwhile, a White House authoritative told Axios that the interest volition lone use to caller applicants, not existing H-1B holders oregon renewals. And White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said successful a station connected X that “H-1B visa holders tin permission and re-enter the state to the aforesaid grade arsenic they usually would; immoderate quality they person to bash that is not impacted by yesterday’s proclamation.”

This station has been updated with a punctuation from Karoline Leavitt.

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