US employers hiring foreign skilled workers must now pay a $100,000 application fee. The price hike adds pressure to consulting firms' already fragile talent strategies. The changes will boost competition for expertise and accelerate offshoring, analysts told Business Insider. Consulting firms may be less outspoken than tech CEOs, but they're staring down the same staffing problem as Silicon Valley after President Donald Trump introduced a$100,000 H-1B application fee last Friday. The H-1B progra ...