Here is a bad news for H-1B visa employers. A special $2000 fee imposed on H-1B visa may return which got lapsed in the federal fiscal year.

This fee was first introduced in 2010 which asked the H-1B visa employers to pay an additional fee of $2000 approximately which got expired couple of months back. The primary focus of this bill is to fund this amount to 9/11 Healthcare Act in the US.

Fresh efforts are being made to re-impose this bill once again. And it will hugely hit the Indian IT firms who have at least 50% of H-1B visa or L-1 visas working under them.

The bill, introduced by Congress Group, will be applicable to many of the Indian firms, who are the leading employers of H-1B visa.

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According to the sources, congress diplomats are leaving no stone unturned in getting this bill passed, to bring back the fee once again.

This extra H-1B visa fee i.e. $2000, was used to make funds to 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. And now this fee is up for renewal, which got expired previously.

Sources said, “H-1B visa fee bill will be extended and it is expected that this fee will fund the Zadroga bill partially”. It’s just an expectation, says House Speaker Paul Ryan.

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Let’s wait for the H-1B visa fee renewal as it will generate necessary funds for Zadroga bill, says Lawmakers. This additional fee will only be paid by the IT companies who have 50% of H-1B and L-1 visa workforce with them.

Indian Companies, between 2010 and 2015, had paid around $70 to $ 80 million, according to NASSCOM.

Keeping fingers crossed….