US Immigration application fee surge effective April 1: Report
H-1B and H-1B1 processing fees will increase from $460 to $780 for employers in the US.
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The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has published its final rule increasing the fee for certain immigration applications, marking the first adjustment since 2016. The revision is expected to go into effect on April 1, 2024. This regulation will help USCIS recoup a larger portion of its operational expenses and allow more timely processing of new applications.
Direct link to USCIS final rule to adjust certain Immigration and Naturalization fees.
The H-1B and H-1B1 processing fees will increase from $460 to $780 for employers with more than 25 full-time employees in an equivalent position in the United States. The $460 filing fee will remain the same for employers with 25 or fewer full-time employees in the country. USCIS is increasing the H-2B named beneficiaries petition filing fee from $460 to $1,080 for employers with more than 25 full-time employees, reports moneycontrol.
“For the first time in over seven years, USCIS is updating our fees to better meet the needs of our agency, enabling us to provide more timely decisions to those we serve,” said USCIS Director Ur M. Jaddou. “Despite years of inadequate funding, the USCIS workforce has made great strides in customer service, backlog reduction, implementing new processes and programs,...
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