New $10 Fee Proposed for Upcoming H-1B Lottery Registration (2)

Employers seeking H-1B visas in next year’s lottery would have to pay an extra $10 over and above what they already pay under a new Homeland Security Department proposal.

The proposed regulation, released Sept. 3, would implement the fee to cover the electronic preregistration process for the annual visa lottery, which is run by the DHS’ U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Businesses already pay at least $1,710 or $2,460 per worker for the specialty occupation visas, depending on the size of the employer. Companies with high proportions of temporary foreign workers also must pay an additional $4,000 per H-1B ...