New H-1B fee assessment
Fees listed from official Federal Register text, separated into in-effect and proposed, with who pays and who is exempt.
Data updated 2026-10-16 · Source: Federal Register (federalregister.gov) — official rule documents
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Items marked "proposed" are not in effect. No amount shown for them should be treated as currently payable.
At a glance
| Fee | Amount | Status | Paid by | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fee for Certain H-1B Petitions (proposed) | $103,265 | Proposed — not in effect | Employer (petitioner) | 91 FR 54817 |
| 9-11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee | $4,000 / $4,500 | In effect | Employer (petitioner) | 91 FR 51360 |
Detail
Proposed — not in effect $103,265
Fee for Certain H-1B Petitions (proposed)
- Paid by
- Employer (petitioner)
- Applies to
- All H-1B cap-subject petitions, including those eligible for the advanced degree exemption
- Does not apply to
- Cap-exempt H-1B petitions (e.g. universities, affiliated nonprofits, government research organizations)
- Citation
- 91 FR 54817 · proposed new 8 CFR 106.2(a)(3)(xii)
- Published
- 2026-08-25
- Corrected
- 2026-09-10 (91 FR 57516)
- Effective
- Not yet set (proposed stage)
- Docket
- CIS No. 2861-26 / DHS Docket No. USCIS-2026-0298
In effect $4,000 (H-1B) / $4,500 (L-1)
9-11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee
- Paid by
- Employer (petitioner)
- Applies to
- H-1B ($4,000) and L-1 ($4,500) petitions filed by covered employers; after this final rule, all extension-of-status petitions require the fee
- What changed
- DHS corrected its reading of the statute: the fee is required for all extension-of-status petitions, including those that do not involve a change of employer.
- Citation
- 91 FR 51360
- Published
- 2026-08-10
- Effective
- 2026-09-09
- Docket
- Docket No. USCBP-2024-0009 / CBP Dec. No. 26-11
Not listed
Only fees verified against official Federal Register text are listed. Base I-129 filing fees, the fraud prevention and detection fee, and the asylum program fee are not yet individually verified and are deliberately omitted rather than guessed.
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