Sept 19 (Reuters) - Companies who apply to bring in

workers from other countries on H1-B visas will have to pay

$100,000 per visa annually, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard

Lutnick said on Friday.

Lutnick made the comments in the Oval Office during which

U.S. President Donald Trump signed a proclamation overhauling

the visa system.

(Reporting by Jeff Mason in Washington and Ryan Patrick Jones

in Toronto)