The Trump administration is considering exempting doctors and medical residents from the new $100,000 H-1B visa application fee after pushback from some of the biggest medical bodies, the White House notified on Monday.

The new fee, if applied to healthcare workers, was seen as a major threat to treatment accessibility, particularly in rural parts of America where there’s already a shortage of providers.

H-1B visas key to US healthcare

The H-1B visa programme is a vital tool in hospital and healthcare systems, especially for recruiting doctors in remote parts of the country, where there is, in some cases, a severe scarcity of medical professionals . Also Read | New H-1B visa: Why Trump imposed $100,000 fee — 1000s of Americans replaced…

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