Indian Companies To Pay $4,000 More For H-1B Visa Fee
Flagship Indian IT companies would have to pay at least an additional USD 4,000 for every H-1B visa application under the new regulations that came into effect last December, according to details published on Friday by a federal US agency.
And those applying for L-1 visa petitions would have to pay USD 4,500 more than other US companies under the new law, which would be in effect till September 30, 2025.
The H-1B visa is designed to allow US employers to recruit and employ foreign professionals in speciality occupations within the US while L-1 visas are available to employees of an international company with offices in both the US and abroad.
Indian IT firms - which have to incur an additional burden of about USD 400 million annually - have called it "discriminatory", with Prime M...