Hiring in medicine just got harder with $100K visa fee
Oct 20, 2025•11 min
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Episode description
It will now cost companies $100,000 to sponsor a worker on an H-1B visa.
The change has prompted the UW Medical Center and Fred Hutch Cancer Center to pause H-1B visa hires.
And that’s a big problem for healthcare where doctors and researchers are already in short supply.
We’ll learn more from Seattle Times reporter Nina Shapiro.
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