I got quoted the following to have H1-B visa filed for me by an attorney for my prospective job in Idaho. Is this excessive, and what is needed right now to be paid to file for visa. Please advise. Thanks!
1. H1B nonimmigrant visa processing with the Idaho Department of Commerce & Labor, U.S. Department of Labor (Philadelphia) and USCIS Vermont Service Center - $2200 plus $190 filing fee (Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker with H Classification and H1B Data Collection & Filing Fee Exemption Supplements), $750 or $1500 ACWIA filing fee [a U.S. employer with a total of 25 or less full-time equivalent employees in the United States (including any affiliate or subsidiary of the employer) is only obligated to pay the $750 fee], and $500 Fraud Prevention and Detection fee. There is an additional $1,000 filing fee if premium processing service is requested.
2. Consular/port of entry notification of petition approval - $880 plus $200 filing fee (Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition), if necessary.
3. Application for alien employment certification PERM processing with Idaho Department of Commerce & Labor and U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Foreign Labor Certification National Processing Center (Chicago, IL) - $3960
4. Adjustment of status from H1B to lawful permanent resident - $3300 plus $195 filing fee (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker) and $325 filing fee (Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status), $170 filing fee (Application for Travel Document), and $180 filing fee (Application for Employment Authorization) for each eligible family member. In addition to the filing fees, costs will be incurred for photographs, fingerprinting ($70), and medical examination ($150-$175).
Originally posted by Welshman: I got quoted the following to have H1-B visa filed for me by an attorney for my prospective job in Idaho. Is this excessive, and what is needed right now to be paid to file for visa. Please advise. Thanks!
1. H1B nonimmigrant visa processing with the Idaho Department of Commerce & Labor, U.S. Department of Labor (Philadelphia) and USCIS Vermont Service Center - $2200 plus $190 filing fee (Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker with H Classification and H1B Data Collection & Filing Fee Exemption Supplements), $750 or $1500 ACWIA filing fee [a U.S. employer with a total of 25 or less full-time equivalent employees in the United States (including any affiliate or subsidiary of the employer) is only obligated to pay the $750 fee], and $500 Fraud Prevention and Detection fee. There is an additional $1,000 filing fee if premium processing service is requested.
2. Consular/port of entry notification of petition approval - $880 plus $200 filing fee (Application for Action on an Approved Application or Petition), if necessary.
3. Application for alien employment certification PERM processing with Idaho Department of Commerce & Labor and U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, Foreign Labor Certification National Processing Center (Chicago, IL) - $3960
4. Adjustment of status from H1B to lawful permanent resident - $3300 plus $195 filing fee (Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker) and $325 filing fee (Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status), $170 filing fee (Application for Travel Document), and $180 filing fee (Application for Employment Authorization) for each eligible family member. In addition to the filing fees, costs will be incurred for photographs, fingerprinting ($70), and medical examination ($150-$175).
No, it is average.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams on Defense of the boston Massacre
an attorney I know took only $1200 professional fee+ USCIS fees($190+or$750or$1500+$500Fraud prevention) and optional Premium processing $1000.That's the first stage of getting H-1B status.
"and 2 for H-1B visa, 4 only if your employer wants to file petition for permanent labor certification on your behalf but I am not sure about 3."
but 4 will not happen without 3 (because 3 is the labor certification/PERM that makes a nonimmigrant eligible to file for employment-based permanent residency or 4 above)
"The letter of the law is a sword that killeth; its intent is a spirit that giveth life." (Justice Holmes on 3 Cor 3:6)
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