The Trump administration ’s plan to sharply increase H-1B visa fees is raising concerns among U.S. healthcare groups, who warn it could worsen staffing shortages as over half of healthcare workers contemplate changing jobs within the next year.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is reviewing policy changes that would increase the cost of applying for H-1B visas to as much as $100,000 from the current top of $4,500.

The H-1B programme allows U.S. employers to hire foreign workers in speciality fields like technology, engineering, medicine, and academia.

The visas are widely used by the U.S. healthcare sector to recruit international medical graduates or foreign-trained doctors and other professionals trained abroad.

The American Academy of Family Physicians emphasised that int

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