WASHINGTON, D.C. — Immigration lawyers in the United States had a busy weekend. Thanks to President Donald Trump’s executive order on Friday, which introduced a US$100,000 fee for every H‑1B visa application, effective Sunday, legal teams spent Saturday fielding phone calls and filing as many visa applications as they could.

President Trump's new US$100,000 fee for new H-1B visa applications may push highly skilled foreign workers to Canada.{ai:summary}Trump's Friday executive order imposes a $100,000 fee on every H-1B visa application, effective Sunday.Over the weekend, immigration lawyers worked Saturday, fielding calls and rushing filings.

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Will Trump's new visa fee be a boon to Canada and redraw the North American talent map?

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