The Donald Trump administration on Tuesday proposed to make changes to the H-1B visa selection process to favour workers who are higher-skilled and better-paid, showed a Federal Register notice.

If the proposal is finalised, it will set up a new process giving more weightage to applications by employers who pay high wages if annual requests for the visas exceed the annual 85,000 statutory limit, according to the notice.

The change is aimed at helping protect US citizens from unfair wage competition from foreign workers, it added.

The proposal came four days after the White House published a proclamation on Friday asking companies to pay a one-time $100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applicants . The order took effect on Saturday.

Prior to this, companies were paying $215 to regi

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