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How many US earned on those who wanted to come to America

Employers spend a lot of money on sponsoring highly qualified foreigners on H-1B visas, and their costs continue to grow.

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Costs are increasingly important during the enhanced control of hiring highly qualified foreign nationals, especially given that 1 on April 2019 of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began accepting H-1B applications for the 2020 fiscal year.

“Employers have paid nearly $5 billion in mandatory H-1B fees (currently $1500 per new or expanded H-1B petition), which primarily fund scholarships for U.S. students and tuition for U.S. workers. That figure rises to $7 billion when you include mandatory anti-fraud and other fees, which total $1,6 billion,” according to a new study from the National Foundation for American Policy (NFAP).

The costs of attorney and state fees range from 3400 to 16 560 dollars for the initial H-1B petition and from 6 300 to 28 620 dollars for the cost of both the initial H-1B petition and its renewal. Please note that employers must also pay H-1B a higher wage or actual wage paid to "all other people with similar experience and qualifications for the particular job in question."

Since the waiting time for H-1B processing typically ranges from 10 to 12 months, most employers usually need to pay a premium processing fee of 1410 dollars, which can guarantee USCIS decision making within 15 days. Companies can spend up to 4500 dollars on additional legal fees if a USCIS judge makes a request for evidence.

Employers must pay US $ 1500 for scholarship and tuition, as well as US $ 500 for “fraud prevention and detection”. Scholarships are designed to obtain a degree in mathematics, engineering and computer science.

From 2004, the fees for scholarships and tuition in the amount of 1500 dollars, the fee for fighting fraud in the amount of 500 dollars, the annual limit in 65 000 dollars and the exemption from the annual limit in the amount of 20 000 dollars.

Congress also set a fee of 4000 dollars for the initial H-1B petition (and 4500 dollars for L-1 visas).

The Trump administration budget for the 2020 fiscal year provides for a doubling of the scholarship and tuition fees from 1500 dollars to 3000 dollars, but without any corresponding increase in the annual H-1B visa limit, as happened in the past.

In this context, we must remember that when companies take jobs on US campuses, they discover that only about 20% of postgraduate students in computer science and electrical engineering are US students. Foreign students make up the majority of postgraduate students in computer science and electrical engineering at about 90% of US universities.

A new report by FWD.us and the Orrin J. Hatch Foundation quoted economists and concluded that a decline in the ability of US employers to hire specialists of foreign origin would not increase the number of jobs for US-born workers in the United States.

Examining the issue of wages, a study by economist Magnus Lofstrom found no support for the assertion that H-1B visa holders “are paid less than similarly observed U.S.-born workers; in fact, they appear to have higher earnings in some key STEM occupations, including information technology.” Lofstrom also cited economic research by Jennifer Hunt that came to a similar conclusion, as well as a joint study by Sunil Mithas and Henry S. Lucas Jr. The study, conducted by Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Glassdoor, concluded: “We find that H-1B workers today are paid slightly more than similar U.S. workers in the same city, according to Glassdoor—an average of 2,8% more.” "

Critics argue that H-1B visa holders are “cheap labor.” Establishing legal and government fees for employers currently reaches $16 per H-560B petition. It's surprising to find out that something that should be so cheap turns out to be so expensive.

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