USCIS Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rule to Increase Fees

US Citizenship and Immigration Services is extending the comment period on proposed fee increases for temporary work visas and immigration benefits by five days.

Members of the public will now have until March 13 to submit feedback on the proposed massive fee hikes, according to a Federal Register notice released Wednesday.

Businesses seeking to hire workers on temporary employment-based visas, like H-1B speciality occupation visas, would see major increases under the proposed rule, originally issued in January. Much of that increase is driven by a new $600 asylum program fee that will be borne by employers as USCIS seeks to ...