On Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation, "Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers," that took an important, initial, and incremental step to reform the H-1B visa program to curb abuses and protect American workers.| USCIS
Presidential Proclamation (PP) Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, issued on September 19, 2025, restricts the entry of aliens into the United States as H-1B nonimmigrants if they are seeking to perform services in a specialty occupation. This restricts the issuance of H-1B visas, except for those aliens whose petitions filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000. The Proclamation’s restriction...| travel.state.gov
