New York- The USD 100,000 fee imposed by the Trump administration on new H-1B visa petitions will not apply to applicants seeking a “change of status” or “extension of stay”, according to fresh guidelines.

Issued by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Monday, the guidelines clarified the exemptions to President Donald Trump’s September 19 proclamation, ‘Restriction on entry of certain nonimmigrant workers’, which will raise the fee for new H1-B visas to a steep USD 100,000 (approx INR 88 lakhs).

“The Proclamation does not apply to any previously issued and currently valid H-1B visas, or any petitions submitted prior to 12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time on September 21, 2025,” the USCIS said.

It added that the proclamation also does not prevent any current H1-B holder

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