Connie Valérie (Caster)

Honestly, the H1B fee hike is just one factor. The bigger challenge is U.S. immigration uncertainty—long green card backlogs, political swings, and lack of clarity. Even without the fee hike, many companies are already adopting remote work. The hike just accelerates a trend that was happening anyway. I predict that in the next decade, we’ll see a hybrid approach: top executives and senior researchers brought physically to the U.S., while the bulk of engineering teams remain distributed worldwide.