Georgia-based companies and workers scramble after visa change

Shopping carts are parked outside a Home Depot in Philadelphia, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Questions for Georgia-based companies and workers remain after the Trump administration announced changes to the visa program for skilled workers late last week.

Trump’s order last Friday, set to go into effect the same weekend, created a $100,000 fee for H-1B visas, sending workers and companies scrambling.

“It was a nightmarish weekend,” said Atlanta-based attorney Anita Ninan, who specializes in U.S. business immigration.