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If I remember correctly from a couple years back, H1-B Homeland security fees are around $3k and if you hire a lawyer for the process you'll have to add at leas
by vitobcn 16y ago
If I remember correctly from a couple years back, H1-B Homeland security fees are around $3k and if you hire a lawyer for the process you'll have to add at least another $1k.
It's not cheap, but it is certainly not that expensive, as those fees will usually be less than 1 month's salary of the hired developer.
In my opinion, timing constraints and uncertainty end up being a bigger deterrent: you can only apply on April, the visa start the following October and it takes a while to know whether the applicant was selected.
- ojbyrne 16y agoAs far as I know, only applying in April is incorrect. In past years the quotas ran out almost immediately when they started in April, so that was essentially the case. This year the quota hasn't run out yet.
- metachris 16y agoI'm in the US on a H-1B visa and we applied beginning of October. In November it was granted and I came here beginning of December. It required a lot of documentation, but else the process was fast and pretty painless.