White House reinstates $100,000 H-1B visa fee as physician groups warn of radiologist workforce harm

The White House reinstated a $100,000 H-1B visa fee and DHS separately proposed a $103,265 fine; AMA and AHA warn this could make hiring international medical graduates—about 25% of US diagnostic radiologists—financially impossible.

• A federal court had vacated the $100,000 fee in June, but President Trump reinstated it by executive order on Sept. 18 while the government appeals.
• The Department of Homeland Security separately proposed a $103,265 fine for H-1B petitions subject to statutory caps, prompting AMA and AHA calls to exempt physicians.
• International medical graduates represent about 25% of US diagnostic radiologists, and the AMA says nearly 20 million Americans live in areas where foreign-trained physicians account for at least half of all doctors.

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