This H-1B visa fee may go up by over 2000% starting January 2024

In January 2023, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), had issued an exhaustive document, running into 469 pages, relating to fee proposal hikes across a wide spectrum, including H-1B visas.

If the rule is enacted as has been proposed in January 2023, the costs for US employers who sponsor immigration employees will increase. Since 2019, sponsoring US employers are required to electronically register the beneficiaries (employees whom they wish to hire under the H-1B route). H-1B cap applications are then required to be filed only for those beneficiaries selected in the lottery process. The E-registration fee at a mere $10 is said to have led to some malpractices, it has now been proposed to be increased by 2050% to $215.