Semiconductor giant Nvidia (NVDA) will continue to sponsor H-1B Visas despite a Trump crackdown on immigration because U.S. tech was built on overseas skills.
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Costs Covered
According to a report in Business Insider, Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang informed employees in a memo that the company would continue H-1B sponsorship and cover all the costs associated with them.
In the memo, he evoked his own immigrant past.
“As one of many immigrants at Nvidia, I know that the opportunities we’ve found in America have profoundly shaped our lives,” he wrote, as cited by Business Insider. “And the miracle of Nvidia — built by all of you, and by brilliant colleagues around the world — would not be possible without immigration.”
Huang added that “legal immigration remains essential to ensuring the U.S. continues to lead in technology and ideas,” saying the Trump administration’s “recent changes reaffirm this.”
The statement follows President Donald Trump’s executive order last month, which imposed a $100,000 fee on each new H-1B visa application, a move that has worried major U.S. employers particularly in the tech sector.
Vulnerable Tech
Late in September, U.S. lawmakers asked major U.S. companies to explain why they are hiring thousands of foreign workers on H-1B visas while cutting other jobs.
The administration has said the order does not apply to people who already hold H-1B visas or those who submitted applications before September 21. H-1B visas allow businesses to employ foreign workers in specialty occupations.
Technology and financial firms have long relied on the program to fill specialized roles, particularly in artificial intelligence and engineering, with recruits from India, China, and other countries.
Federal data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) shows that Amazon (AMZN) leads with more than 10,000 H-1B visa holders across its subsidiaries as of mid-2025, followed by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) with about 5,500, Meta Platforms (META) with 5,123, Apple (AAPL) with roughly 4,200, and Alphabet (GOOGL)-owned Google with about 4,181 visa holders.
Investors will be keen to find out whether Nvidia’s peers will show the same backing to immigrant workers in the weeks ahead.
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