US President Donald Trump has Friday an annual levy of $ 100,000 announced For work visa that are widely used by American tech companies to hire foreign specialists, American media report. These are so-called H-1B-Werkvisa, which mainly use highly educated Indians and Chinese.
With the levy, the government of Trump wants to give Americans more likely on the jobs. “If you are going to train someone, train someone who has just graduated from one of the great universities in our country,” said Minister Howard Lutnick of Handel about this at the presentation of the plans. “Train Americans and stop bringing in people who take our jobs.”
Tech entrepreneurs such as Elon Musk warn that there is not enough talent in the US for fulfilling specialized functions. According to the CEO of Tesla and former ally of Trump, it is “crucial” to get highly educated employees from abroad to keep companies competitive. Musk, born in South Africa, once also came to the United States on an H-1B visa.
In addition to the tax on Werkvisa, Trump also presented his previously announced “Trump Gold Card”, with which foreigners can get a residence permit in the US for 1 million dollars. Companies are given the opportunity to buy a residence permit for 2 million dollars per employee.
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Trump announces levying of 100,000 dollars for tech companies crucial work visa