Overview

• Nvidia will keep sponsoring H‑1B workers and absorb the new costs, with a Fortune analysis estimating roughly $147.3 million in exposure if the fee applied to its 2025 approvals.
• CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC his family could not have afforded a $100,000 charge, even as he backs high‑skill immigration and calls the fee "probably" too high.
• The $100,000 levy applies only to new H‑1B petitions, and a coalition including the American Association of University Professors has sued in the Northern District of California to block it.
• Hospitals and universities report potential disruptions to research and care pipelines, with Houston institutions such as MD Anderson (120 H‑1B staff) evaluating how future recruitment will be affected.
• Canada, Germany and China have moved to court workers who may bypass the U.S., highlighting rising global competition for high‑skill talent as the policy takes hold.