The Biden administration is proposing to raise fees companies must pay for employment-based visas to fund the agency that oversees legal immigration
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is proposing to raise the fees companies must pay for employment-based visas to fund the agency that oversees legal immigration, the Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday.
The fee for an L-1 visa, which allows companies to transfer executives from offices abroad to the U.S., would rise to $1,985 from $460., which allows foreign investors to become U.S. permanent residents if they invest at least $900,000 in a U.S.-based project, would increase to $11,160 from $3,675. The steep rise in fees for employment-based immigration benefits allows the agency to keep fees for citizenship and other humanitarian programs roughly the same, the agency said. The cost of applying for citizenship, for example, will rise to $760 from $725.
The Trump administration attempted to enact a new set of fees in 2019 that would have, among other things, raised funds by nearly doubling the cost of applying for citizenship and attaching a first-ever fee of $50 to file an asylum application. Those changes were halted by a federal court.coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic
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