What government fees are involved in the process of an H-1B visa?
• The base fee to process the application form is $185. • There is a employer-founded training fee of $1,500 ($750 for companies with less than 25 employees). Institutions of higher education, non-profit research organizations or government research agencies may be exempted to pay the training fee. • All employers have to pay a $500 fee for the Fraud Prevention and Detection Fee. • The USCIS offers the premium processing service. For an additional $1,000 fee USCIS will process an H-1B petition in 10 to 15 days. • If the employee is not eligible to receive the visa in the US, the alien will have to pay an additional fee of $195 for USCIS to process the visa with the American embassy abroad. • In a hypothetical case, an employer with less than 25 employees and non-exempted to pay the training fee and using the premium processing service will have to pay a total of $2435 to sponsor an employee, or $1435 without the premium processing fee. Contact us and we can provide you a specific cost
