A $2,000 H-1B fee on Indian firms may return
A special $2,000 H-1B fee imposed on large Indian offshore firms but allowed to lapse may return in the spending bill being negotiated by Congress.
The fee was first imposed in 2010 but expired at the start of the new federal fiscal year.
This extra fee applies to companies with at least 50% of their employees on H-1B visa or L-1 visas, and is in addition to the other fees paid by employers. Because of its 50% threshold, it mostly hits the large Indian IT services firms, the leading users of the H-1B visa.
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