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Indian companies to pay higher US H-1B visa fee
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SME Times News Bureau | 28 May, 2016
Indian companies, according to
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016, will have to pay additional fees
of $4,000 for certain H-1B and $4,500 for L-1 petitioners, details
published on Friday by USCIS said.
The law, signed by US
President Barack Obama in December 2015, increased fees for certain H-1B
and L-1 petitioners, USCIS said in a statement published on its
website.
The fees is applicable on the companies employing 50 or
more employees in the US, with more than 50 percent of those employees
in H-1B or L (including L-1A and L-1B) non-immigrant status.
It
is in addition to the base processing fee, Fraud Prevention and
Detection Fee, American Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of
1998 fee (when required) and the premium processing fee, if applicable.
USCIS
may begin rejecting petitions received on or after February 11 this
year that do not complete Section 1 of the H-1B and H-1B1 Data
Collection and Filing Fee Exemption Supplement and the L Classification
Supplement.
The H-1B visa allows US employers to recruit foreign
professionals in speciality occupations while L-1 visas are available to
employees of an international company with offices in both the US and
abroad.
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