Stay Denied In Federal Suit Challenging H-1B Fee Policy As Agencies Appeal Vacatur

( October 30, 2026, 10:06 AM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A California federal judge denied a motion filed by President Donald J. Trump and several federal agencies to stay proceedings in a case challenging the administration’s $100,000 payment requirement for certain H-1B worker visa petitions while an appeal of an order granting in part a preliminary injunction vacating the policies implementing the payment requirement and barring enforcement until the agencies conduct notice and comment rulemaking and required analyses under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA) proceeds in the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals....