H-1B, L1 Visa Fee Doubled For Indian Firms

[Silver_mani]

H-1B, L1 Visa Fee Doubled For Indian Firms

 

 

The US Congress is set to impose high fees almost double to earlier for H1-B and L1 visas. Indian IT firms will be the worst affected with this huge hike. Congressional leaders decided to impose a special fee of $4,000 on certain categories of H-1B visas and $4,500 on L-1 visas. The US House of Representative is slated to vote on the $1.1 trillion spending bill deal on Thursday.

The new fees will be applicable for companies that have at least 50 employees and more than 50 percent of them are on non-immigrant H1 B and L1 visas. It will mean that Indian companies operating in the U.S such as TCS and Wipro will be affected by it, while American companies will have only a fraction of their employees on non-immigrant visas and would stay under the 50 percent threshold.

It is also decided that part of the money raised through the special fees will fund health care of 9/11 first responders under the 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, the other part will fund implementing a biometric entry and exit data system under the Department of Homeland Security.

Though the lawmakers behind the bill described it as a temporary provision, the new H-1B and L-1 visa fee increase is for a period of 10 years as against a previous provision of five years.

 

[argadorn]

Tcs Cts padaliiii

[JANASENA]

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[princeofheaven]

Tcs Cts padaliiii

 

vatito patu mana mesthris ki kuda pidi paduddi..

[k2s]

is it still final ?

[PichiPyune]

[bulleye]

eppati nunchi start

[libraguy863]

last time mexico wall gurinch annaru ga 5yrs ippude malla na 10yrs aa??

 

too much kada edi ..CTS,Wipro,INFi

[MunnaRockz]

Ltt

[alpachinao]

It's applicable for all know but major effect on Indian it companies

[ronitreddy]

repu decide avthadi 

[49er]

super

[VenkatD]

repu decide avthadi 

 em decide avutadhi ? 

[vasu123]

repu decide avthadi

Finalise antha fast ga avutunda vallu cheppagane. Lavada lo i-140 EAD and job mobility kemo discussions la meeda discussions and calls meeda calls pedtaru and bills drafts comments antaru but no finalized statements. Dheenikemo ila cheppi ala implement sesestaru.

Motham finalise ayyaka cheppandi.

[vasu123]

is it still final ?

Tiltle ayithe manodu alane wording chesadu mari. Not sure final ayi eppati nundi effective oh mari