SEATTLE — Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and the University of Washington’s medical facilities have put a pause on sponsoring H-1B foreign worker visas after President Donald Trump announced a $100,000 fee last month.

The fee would apply to new H-1B petitions filed after September 21, 2025.

H-1B visas, which require a bachelor's degree or higher, are meant for high-skilled jobs that companies find difficult to fill.

In his proclamation , Trump said the program has been “deliberately exploited to replace, rather than supplement, American workers with lower-paid, lower-skilled labor.”

Days after the president announced the fee, UW, which operates UW and Harborview medical centers, began updating guidance regarding foreign worker visas, first pausing them through Oct. 8, and then ex

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