President Donald Trump has extended for another year a requirement that employers pay $100,000 when seeking certain H-1B visas for foreign workers outside the United States. The extension keeps the restriction in place through September 21, 2027.

The H-1B program allows U.S. employers to temporarily hire foreign workers for specialty occupations, including jobs in the technology and other highly skilled industries. The administration has argued that some employers have used the program to replace or undercut American workers with lower-paid foreign labor.

The original $100,000 payment requirement was imposed by Trump in September 2025. The latest proclamation says the restriction applies to certain H-1B workers who are outside the United States and seeking entry to perform services in a specialty occupation. It includes limited exceptions when the Department of Homeland Security determines that an exemption is in the national interest.

The White House said the administration has seen a 92% decline in H-1B registrations from the largest IT outsourcing firms since the original restriction took effect. The administration has also directed federal agencies to increase scrutiny of applications involving employers that have recently laid off or plan to lay off similarly situated U.S. workers.

The policy remains tied up in litigation. A federal judge in Boston ruled in June that the $100,000 requirement was unlawful and blocked the government from collecting it, and the case is now before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Separately, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is considering litigation brought by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce challenging the requirement.

Business groups and companies have argued that H-1B visas help employers recruit highly skilled workers when qualified U.S. workers are unavailable. The program was established by Congress in 1990 and is widely used by technology companies, particularly to recruit workers from countries including India and China.

Trump's extension comes alongside a broader administration effort to increase scrutiny of the H-1B program and limit what the White House describes as abuses while prioritizing American workers.