India, Sept. 21 -- An Amazon employee claims that Donald Trump's decision to raise the H-1B fee to $100,000 was the final tipping point behind his decision to quit the visa race and leave the United States.

In a video shared on Instagram, user @scotthuang2k said he had one-and-a-half years still to go on his OPT work permit, and one H-1B lottery attempt still left. However, he has decided not to apply for an H-1B visa this time, instead preferring to focus on his own company overseas.

"I'm a foreign engineer with one and a half years of OPT remaining, but I've already decided to quit my $180,000 big tech job and leave the US," he said.

The content creator, who claims to be an Amazon employee, said that constant anxiety about his immigr...