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.

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&rsquo;s a big problem for healthcare where doctors and researchers are already in short supply.
We&rsquo;ll learn more from Seattle Times reporter Nina Shapiro.

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