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H-1B visas<\/strong> could become more costly if the United States approves the proposed Budget reconciliation Bill regarding H-1B filing fees<\/strong> in its current form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bill has proposed to include a supplementary $500 charge<\/strong> for every H-1B visa petition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organizations \u2013 mostly tech and IT services providers – use H1-B visas to get highly skilled workers<\/strong> into the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bill also proposes extra fees for serval immigration-related petitions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These include $800<\/strong> for employer-sponsored permanent residency and $250 <\/strong>for an F-1, or student visa<\/strong>, to be paid by the educational institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also proposes another supplementary $500 charge<\/strong> for employment authorization forms for certain non-immigrants<\/strong>. Students looking for optional practical training, and candidates for adjustment of status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposed increase in H-1B filing fees<\/strong> reflects another stab at the already harmed H-1B process<\/strong>, said Rajiv S Khanna, managing lawyer at immigration.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It can cost as much as $30,000<\/strong> in attorney fees, filing fees, and responding to requests for proof each time you file an H-1B <\/strong>or an extension. With over 1,000,000 <\/strong>jobs vacant in the computer technology industry alone. It is unseemly that instead of making it simpler, Congress <\/strong>is making it more difficult,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US Bill could increase H-1B filing fees<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Small businesses would be impacted <\/strong>more by this change, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of now, organizations pay $460<\/strong> for the basic application, with an extra lawyer, anti-fraud, and scholarship fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For managers that have an enormous extent of H-1B and L-1 visa holders<\/strong>, there is an extra $4,000<\/strong> expense. Just like $2,500<\/strong> for premium handling of the appeal, which most organizations choose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Employers will pay these high fees for a skilled foreign worker<\/strong>. And this belies the myth that employers need H-1B workers<\/strong> since they are cheap labor”. Said Cyrus D Mehta, managing partner, Cyrus D Mehta, and Partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the US House of Representatives clears the Bill, it would, however, expedite the path to permanent residency.<\/strong> For serval thousand Indian nationals who are in line for a green card<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

[Your wait for a US visa appointment is about to become longer<\/span><\/a>]<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

These measures, if passed, could be among the most significant immigration changes<\/strong> made by the US administration in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The chances of the House bill becoming law depend on whether the parliamentarian accepts or rejects the immigration provisions<\/strong> in the reconciliation bill. If the parliamentarian is ignored, then opponents would require 60 votes<\/strong> to get the immigration provisions stripped out. Yet, if this angers a centrist Democrat such as Joseph Manchin or Kyrsten Synema, they can withhold their vote from the final bill<\/strong>. So, unless the parliamentarian accepts the immigration provisions, the likelihood of them passing and becoming law are low,” Mehta <\/strong>added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proponents of legal immigration say this move could assist deal with the talent shortage in the country. By making it simpler for highly skilled workers<\/strong> to become residents and not be dependent on visas to continue working in the country. It also gives stability to spouses and different dependents. A lack of which has been one factor why certain individuals have chosen to leave the United States<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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