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H1B Visa Fees: Fees will be charged on extension of H-1B and L-1 visas in America

  
  
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  H1B Visa Fees: The US on Monday issued new rules under which large employers will have to pay a fee of $ 4,000 for extending the duration of their employees' H-1B visas and $ 4,500 for L-1 visas. Earlier, this fee was levied only at the time of submitting new applications or changing jobs. India's large IT and consulting companies work on this model, due to which they have come under the purview of this new rule. According to the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), this '9-11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee' will be applicable from September 9. This rule will apply to companies that have 50 or more employees in the US and more than 50 percent of them are on H-1B or L-1 visas. Due to this, the expenses of technology companies, global consulting firms and IT. Services companies will increase significantly. The increase in fees will increase the expenses of companies drastically Companies will now have to pay additional money whenever they apply for visa extension of their old employees, which they did not have to pay earlier. However, the department has made it clear that applications in which visa extension is not requested will be exempted from this increased fee. Also read:US immigration changes for Indians US tightens rules for international students and journalists The US government estimates that this rule will generate about $ 157.3 million annually. This money collected will be used to fund the biometric system of US Customs and Border Protection. Congress introduced this fee in 2015 to strengthen national security. For IT companies that employ thousands of Indian engineers, this rule will now become an additional burden of crores of rupees every year.
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