US expands $4,000 H-1B, $4,500 L-1 extension visa fees

When people come from other countries to work in the United States, their company sometimes needs permission from the government, which is called a visa.

The government can charge the company money for this permission, and that money is called a fee.

There is a special fee called the 9/11 Response and Biometric Entry-Exit Fee.

Before this change, the fee usually only had to be paid in some situations, like when a worker first got a job or changed employers.

Now, companies will also have to pay it when they renew permission for a worker who stays with the same company.

The fee is $4,000 for one type of worker permission and $4,500 for another type.

Only big companies with at least 50 American employees, where more than half of the American workers have these special permissions, have to pay.

The company must pay the money, not the worker.

The rule does not make the fee bigger; it just makes companies pay it more often.

The new rule starts on September 9.