Satish, a graduate student from India studying in San Francisco, thought this fall would be about finishing his business degree and then lining up an H-1B visa, the work permit that’s become a mainstay for skilled immigrants in the US.

Instead, he’s worried about his ability to build a career in the US as he tries to make sense of the Trump administration’s planBloomberg Terminal to raise the H-1B application fee to $100,000.