Aug 20, 2020, 3:03 PM
(From SHRM) Beginning Oct. 2, fees for certain immigration requests will be subject to a weighted average increase of 20% under a new final rule published Aug. 3 by the U.S. Citizenships and Immigration Services. The adjustments include fee increases for Form I-129 and vary depending on the type of worker for whom the employer files. For example, the fee for H-1 classifications, including the H-1B classification, will increase from $410 to $555. Employers with a high proportion of H-1B and L-1 employees will be required to make additional fee payments when filing petitions for these workers.
The rule also includes dramatic fee increases for many petitions and applications, the most impactful may be that the overall cost for most adjustment of status application (AOS) filings will nearly double, according to legal experts. Therefore, instead of a filing fee of $1,225 for all three applications as a bundle, the fees for an initial filing of an AOS, plus employment authorization and advance parole filing fees, will total $2,270.
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