H-1B visa lottery with new $100,000 fees launches

By Alicia A. Caldwell and Paayal Zaveri | Bloomberg

The Trump administration’s overhaul of the US visa system for highly skilled immigrants is about to get its first major test.

The annual lottery for H-1Bs, the most popular visa for white-collar professionals looking to build a career in the US, gets underway with new rules this month. For the first time, successful sponsors for immigrants arriving from another country will need to pay a $100,000 fee. And the system will now favor more experienced and higher paid workers...