Nvidia CEO Couldn’t Afford Trump’s $100k Visa Sticker Shock

Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s wizened immigrant CEO, revealed on October 8, 2025, that Trump’s brand new $100,000 H-1B visa fee—signed into law September 19, 2025—might have flat-out barred his entire family from the American dream. Born in Taiwan, shuttled through Thailand, and arriving stateside at age nine, Huang called this new exorbitant 'price tag' 'probably too high,' even by Silicon Valley standards where million-dollar IPOs are casual Tuesday things. Despite the chaos sending immigrant tech workers into travel lockdowns, Nvidia, owner of 1,400 H-1B visas, heroically promised to cover these fees, reinforcing that immigration is not just a policy but the motherboard of their company—and apparently now a $100,000 game of life Monopoly.

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Source: Businessinsider | Published: 10/8/2025 | Author: Kelsey Vlamis