{"id":28831,"date":"2021-11-02T18:19:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T23:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=28831"},"modified":"2021-11-02T19:53:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-03T00:53:22","slug":"budget-reconciliation-bill-h1b-opt-lpr-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/budget-reconciliation-bill-h1b-opt-lpr-fees\/","title":{"rendered":"House Reconciliation Bill Proposes Additional Fees for H1B Filing, LPR Petitions, OPT Applications, Status Adjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"

If the United States\u2019 Budget Reconciliation Bill becomes a law, applying for an H1B visa will be a costly affair<\/strong>. It will help silence the critics of H1B visa holders and shatter the myth that this nonimmigrant visa pools cheap labor from foreign markets into America. Transiting into H1B status from an F1 visa or getting an H1B visa petition directly approved is a crucial passage into the US \u2013 the cradle of American Dream \u2013 for many skilled Indians in STEM, according to the US immigration system. The House Reconciliation Bill, if approved, will cost employers more than before for the filing of H1B petitions.<\/p>\n

The latest version of the bill has proposed a supplemental fee of $500 on top of the current fees for an H1B petition. This is just one of the proposed additional fees for various immigration related petitions. The Budget Reconciliation Bill seeks to increase the existing fee for employment-based permanent residency by an additional $800 and the existing fee for a family-based Green Card<\/a><\/span> (Form I-130) by $100.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Spouses of certain non-immigrants seeking employment authorization, and foreign students seeking OPT will have to pay an additional fee of $500<\/strong> as proposed in the bill. A supplemental fee of the same amount will be levied on an application for adjustment of status. An application to change or extend nonimmigrant status (Form I-539) will cost more $500. The House Reconciliation Bill in its current form requires you to pay more $500 for applying to renew an expired or about-to-expire Green Card.<\/p>\n

The bill requires educational institutes to pay a supplemental fee of $250 for each F1 and M1 visa. The same supplementary amount is proposed for a J-1 exchange visa.<\/p>\n

Given the analysis of government and attorney fees by the National Foundation of American Policy, filing an H1B visa<\/a><\/span> petition for the first three years or an extension for an additional three years will cost a company not less than $31,800 including the proposed fee increase. Below is a breakup of the cost to be incurred upon approval of the Budget Reconciliation bill:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n