$4,000 more for every H-1B visa |
Indian IT companies would have to pay at least an additional $4,000 for every H-1B visa application under the new regulations that came into effect last December. And those applying for L-1 visa petitions would have to pay $4,500 more than other US companies under the new law, which would be in effect till September 30, 2025.The H-1B visa is designed to allow US employers to recruit and employ foreign professionals in speciality occupations within the US while L-1 visas are available to employees of an international company with offices in both the US and abroad.Indian IT firms -- which have to incur an additional burden of about $400 million annually -- have called it "discriminatory", with Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself raising this at the highest level.US federal Citizenship and Immigration Services ( USCIS ) posted the details of the increased fee on its website.For H-1B petitioners, one "must pay the additional $4,000 fee" if the company employs 50 or more employees in the US and more than half of those are in H-1B, L-1A, or L-1B non-immigrant status.H-1B cap reached, majority of applications by Indian companies.
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